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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRT Editor in Chief on Twitter: "Ukraine R.I.P."
https://twitter.com/M_Simonyan/status/459274063685615617Now what exactly does that mean?
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RT Editor in Chief on Twitter: "Ukraine R.I.P." (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2014
OP
That means, among other things, I was right to start boycotting Russian media when I did.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#7
I fear something even worse in this instance. Might she be privy to a decision made to invade
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#11
True. Or just an early morning drunken tweet? Or some combination of two or all three?
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#15
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. Russia Is Piggy?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)2. It means that RT is totally better than our lamestream media
and is just giving us another view into the World we wouldn't get a chance to see otherwise!
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)3. Please tell us you forgot the "sarcasm" tag.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)5. Is that you Sarah Palin?
Isn't "lamestream media" YOUR catch-phrase?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)12. Is my slip showing? LOL
Just repeating what I've heard on DU for a month now.....
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)4. Certainly not Returning Its Peninsula.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)6. What an asshole.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)7. That means, among other things, I was right to start boycotting Russian media when I did.
Thank providence for that.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)8. +1.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)9. Agree nt
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)10. It means RT is a fascist propaganda publication...
That only idiots believe says anything remotely close to the truth...short story of my rant.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)11. I fear something even worse in this instance. Might she be privy to a decision made to invade
Ukraine proper that has yet to be executed so that she can get her network ready with the appropriate spin?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)13. Could be...or maybe it's just a morale booster for the nuts
that want to see Ukranians die.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)15. True. Or just an early morning drunken tweet? Or some combination of two or all three?
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next week, both in terms of Russia and Ukraine, and Ms Simonyan's position at RT.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)16. Probably...all of the above...nt
Obnoxious_One
(97 posts)14. It means tinfoil hats are half off.