I'll take the advice of the mod and bring this one up here-

[MrMickeysMom]

Apparently some would accuse the Russia Today (RT) media of being biased for those Ruskies, I guess. I find it, and this piece as worthy of consideration as any one of their excellent shows.

From the locked thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=591685&mesg_id=591685

As one person responded, "Are you calling Thom Hartmann biased? My answer is NO.

What anyone thinks of McKinney is part in parcel to the real question that I'm wondering... What do you think of RT?

[spooked911]

1. It's ridiculous they locked that thread

I think it was more McKinney than RT, for the locking. But I like both RT and McKinney.

You do have to worry about some subtle propaganda from RT, but that's the same with any major media source.

[jberryhill]

2. I don't think it is biased as much as it is flaky and tabloidy

They've given birthers gobs of friendly airtime, for example, but that seems to be that they tend to be sensationalistic, but not in the service if any consistent agenda. Just breathless and unreliable.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. I guess I don't catch the flaky stuff...

I certainly catch Hartmann and the Keiser Report and a few other shows that have made it to DU recently.

[JackRiddler]

4. As opposed to which American network, pray tell?

Which one is not breathless and unreliable? Which one did not give friendly air time to birthers?

Here is a 7-minute RT piece comparing their coverage to the US corporate news media. It's devastating stuff, and if you've watched enough of all the networks you know it's not distorted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI5n6RmAfMA&feature=player_embedded

There's no doubt they devote a lot more time to real issues (whether you like their particular spin or not) than the US corporate news networks, which have just almost completely blanketed the prime news spots for two weeks with Weiner's Wiener!