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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood News; Ed Schultz will have a new
show starting on January the 26th, at 8:00 PM, ET.
It will be on RT.
This is what is says under the video announcement;
RT, formerly Russia Today, is not beholden to any corporate
interests by virtue of being owned and operated by the Russian government.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,819 posts)How beholden is RT to the Russian government?
Omaha Steve
(99,698 posts)I'd rather it not be RT, but any port...
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Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Not my thing.
Omaha Steve
(99,698 posts)After they fired him maybe he wishes he might have helped them. Most of the MSNBC help isn't union either.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Not beholden to any special interests? Congrats Comrade!
Human101948
(3,457 posts)That smear went out with the Soviet Union and the demise of Communism.
Now, Putinism is another thing.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Better than nothing I suppose but if you can't watch it, what's the point?
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)on one of the leased access channels. Whoopee twang.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)...he has full editorial control. Thom and MSM are incompatible. He wouldn't be on RT if he was beholden to Putin. Can't wait to hear Big Ed cut it loose.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)RT has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy by news reporters, including former RT reporters.
It has also been accused of spreading disinformation.
The United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has threatened RT with sanctions because of repeated violations of its rules on impartiality.
The network states that it offers a Russian perspective on global events."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29
Human101948
(3,457 posts)They have an oliarchic U.S. perspective on global and domestic events.
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)He was so good on the radio. It's too bad what he's done.