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> Amy Goodman Source for that? My impression is that Democracy Now!, while it has a clear perspective and set of biases, has been fairly independent. I don't t

> Amy Goodman Source for that? My impression is that Democracy Now!, while it has a clear perspective and set of biases, has been fairly independent. I don't think Goodman herself would be involved with them, but I think some of her sometimes guests have been. In general I agree with folks replying to you that RT is not trustworthy and someone being involved with it is a red flag.

kristopolous 2y ago
Here's two: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61wly8 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61wly8 or https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvxx8j https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvxx8j Chris Hedges had a show as well.
- asveikau 2y ago
  Thanks for the first two. So she was a guest on panelist/talking head shows about her antiwar positions. I know about Chris Hedges. I wasn't asking about him.
  - kristopolous 2y ago
    Mostly I'm sensitive to the classic technique of scapegoating an external enemy as the source of failure for a poorly done internal policy. Whether it's Jews, Russians, Communists, leftists, the Chinese, immigrants, it's always some infiltrating evildoer and not the failure of policy. It's purely ideologically driven because these accusers think their thing being sabotaged, whether it's an economic policy, a candidate, whatever, is so obviously superior that only some secretive cackling outsider could be to blame for the disparity of the results Whether it's Clinton in 2016 or Trump in 2020 there's an elaborate conspiracy to explain it. Any excuse to avoid introspection. If I am anything in life I am anti-bullshit. Nothing can move productively forward when based on nonsense. So that's really the larger context here. Being part of Jan 6 is a signal, being a repeated guest on an ideological show like Nick Fuentes, Russ Roberts, or Richard Wolff, these are signals. Appearing on Rt? Not so much
    - asveikau 2y ago
      I think this is a naive position that likely comes from lack of exposure to Russian propaganda. It doesn't take much to discover that RT is illegitimate. I think people who haven't figured this out do get sucked into it without realizing what they are. It's similar to Fox News, but I would say worse.

kristopolous 2y ago

Here's two: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61wly8 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61wly8 or https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvxx8j https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvxx8j Chris Hedges had a show as well.

asveikau 2y ago
Thanks for the first two. So she was a guest on panelist/talking head shows about her antiwar positions. I know about Chris Hedges. I wasn't asking about him.
- kristopolous 2y ago
  Mostly I'm sensitive to the classic technique of scapegoating an external enemy as the source of failure for a poorly done internal policy. Whether it's Jews, Russians, Communists, leftists, the Chinese, immigrants, it's always some infiltrating evildoer and not the failure of policy. It's purely ideologically driven because these accusers think their thing being sabotaged, whether it's an economic policy, a candidate, whatever, is so obviously superior that only some secretive cackling outsider could be to blame for the disparity of the results Whether it's Clinton in 2016 or Trump in 2020 there's an elaborate conspiracy to explain it. Any excuse to avoid introspection. If I am anything in life I am anti-bullshit. Nothing can move productively forward when based on nonsense. So that's really the larger context here. Being part of Jan 6 is a signal, being a repeated guest on an ideological show like Nick Fuentes, Russ Roberts, or Richard Wolff, these are signals. Appearing on Rt? Not so much
  - asveikau 2y ago
    I think this is a naive position that likely comes from lack of exposure to Russian propaganda. It doesn't take much to discover that RT is illegitimate. I think people who haven't figured this out do get sucked into it without realizing what they are. It's similar to Fox News, but I would say worse.