How you know RT is pure propaganda...

[Farnan]

Look at the difference in reporting of this one event:

Russia Today: http://rt.com/news/168176-iraq-isis-planes-bomb/ - All but blaming the US

The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...b-iraq-isis-us - Maliki, PM of Iraq, says Syria did it

BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28033684

CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-l...rder-1.2687972

France24: http://www.france24.com/en/20140626-...ilitants-isis/

Al Arabiya: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News...ombs-Iraq.html

Notice a difference?

By the way the Russia Today site has not updated for the change.

[wilpuri]

Err... The first RT link does not blame the US. It simply reports that the US denies it bombed.

And yeah. It was Syria. And America is angry, because only they're allowed to bomb Iraq.

[Phier]

Err... The first RT link does not blame the US. It simply reports that the US denies it bombed.

And yeah. It was Syria. And America is angry, because only they're allowed to bomb Iraq.

The article is clearly spun to put suspicion on the US.

[wilpuri]

The article is clearly spun to put suspicion on the US.

Perhaps, but perhaps there were grounds for suspicion?

Anyway, RT looks like propaganda because it comes from the other side of the fence. Its perhaps a bit cruder than the propaganda spewed out on Western channels, but not much.

[Phier]

Perhaps, but perhaps there were grounds for suspicion?

Anyway, RT looks like propaganda because it comes from the other side of the fence. Its perhaps a bit cruder than the propaganda spewed out on Western channels, but not much.

Being most western media outlets like to go out of their way and often will unfairly criticize their own governments/military I would have to say no, this isn't a game of relativism.

[Nikitn]

RT is biased against the US at the moment. So what? They just assumed US was likely behind it (which isn't unreasonable if you're not an expert on the situation), they didn't lie or something.

Being most western media outlets like to go out of their way and often will unfairly criticize their own governments/military I would have to say no, this isn't a game of relativism.

Apples and oranges. Internal, criticism against a nation's government is one thing, media wars between nation states is something else entirely.

[justicar5]

Being most western media outlets like to go out of their way and often will unfairly criticize their own governments/military I would have to say no, this isn't a game of relativism.

Unfair..not unless they are owned by Murdoch, his love of slaughter and oppression make him a natural conservative, so all his networks spew that reality denying vile creed.

[Vanoi]

Perhaps, but perhaps there were grounds for suspicion?

Anyway, RT looks like propaganda because it comes from the other side of the fence. Its perhaps a bit cruder than the propaganda spewed out on Western channels, but not much.

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=619775

Old article, but RT has been for a while now. Reporters Without Borders have even realized that.

[Roma_Victrix]

Yep, the difference is pretty stark I'd say. However, to be slightly fair, after hinting it was the US, RT did mention how Al-Arabiya said it could have been Syria doing the bombing, according to "tribal chiefs" and, you know, not Nouri al-Maliki himself as all the other articles report, with quotes.

[Farnan]

Anyway, RT looks like propaganda because it comes from the other side of the fence. Its perhaps a bit cruder than the propaganda spewed out on Western channels, but not much.

Al Arabiya is Saudi, not Western and it agreed with Western Reports. Daily Star (Lebanese) had basically the same story was the Western reports.

And when you say X denies something, its a roundabout way to blame them. Like saying Scarlett Johansen Died; President Obama Denies Responsibility.

[Roma_Victrix]

Al Arabiya is Saudi, not Western and it agreed with Western Reports. Daily Star (Lebanese) had basically the same story was the Western reports.

And when you say X denies something, its a roundabout way to blame them. Like saying Scarlett Johansen Died; President Obama Denies Responsibility.

Well if Obama wasn't guilty of murdering Johansson then he shouldn't have come out and said anything about it in the first place!

But Roma_Victrix, be reasonable, there were lots of people going around accusing Obama of this...without any evidence or even rationality, of course.

SILENCE! OR IT SHALL BE NO MORE FUN FOR YOU. ONLY SIBERIA.

[Basil II the B.S]

Al Arabiya is Saudi, not Western and it agreed with Western Reports. Daily Star (Lebanese) had basically the same story was the Western reports.

And when you say X denies something, its a roundabout way to blame them. Like saying Scarlett Johansen Died; President Obama Denies Responsibility.

And the Saudis are allied with whom? Also who do they hate?

Now I'm going to pick a piece of news from Russia, then the same from Belarus, Syria and Iran. Then one from the US and say ''PROOF THAT AMERICAN NEWS ARE ALL PROPAGANDA''

ing retarded.

[Farnan]

And the Saudis are allied with whom? Also who do they hate?

Now I'm going to pick a piece of news from Russia, then the same from Belarus, Syria and Iran. Then one from the US and say ''PROOF THAT AMERICAN NEWS ARE ALL PROPAGANDA''

ing retarded.

I also used mentioned the Daily Stars which is Lebanese.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Leb...territory.ashx

ing retarded posts like yours make me laugh.

[Basil II the B.S]

I also used mentioned the Daily Stars which is Lebanese.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Leb...territory.ashx

ing retarded posts like yours make me laugh.

Yea I'm going to recommend you for the Pulitzer.


At this point RT deserves the ''freedom of speech'' award for showing Americans that there's actually someone else in the world with another point of view, which in turn causes them an incredible butthurt, as demonstrated by threads and posts like this.

[Gatsby]

B-b-b-b-but the MSM is bad mmmkay.

[Col. Tartleton]

The fact America isn't bombing Iraq is a goddamn travesty.

I PAY MY TAXES DAMN IT!

[Geronimo2006]

Today they are really going to town on how "painful" the EU Association Agreement will be for Ukraine. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Irish exports have grown from €8 billion to €80 billion since the 1980's. The Latvian economy is 40% larger and the Estonian one (despite higher unemployment) 33% bigger. The Irish economy is 8% the size of the Russian economy with only 3% of its population. The Customs Union is worth €2.9 trillion compared to the EU's €17 trillion.

[Nikitn]

Today they are really going to town on how "painful" the EU Association Agreement will be for Ukraine. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Irish exports have grown from €8 billion to €80 billion since the 1980's. The Latvian economy is 40% larger and the Estonian one (despite higher unemployment) 33% bigger. The Irish economy is 8% the size of the Russian economy with only 3% of its population. The Customs Union is worth €2.9 trillion compared to the EU's €17 trillion.

Now take a look on the situation in those countries before signing the agreement, and compare it to the mess Ukraine is in.

[Papay]

All media do propaganda.

[Condottiere 40K]

Not all media, and most countries don't try to close down all dissenting media outlets and forums, commercial or private.