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In reply to the discussion: Anyone willing to post a cite from "Russia Today" should read this... [View all]Some perspective. Valuable, thanks starroute.
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$300 mil. doesn't cover the budget of a single U.S. State Dept "public diplomacy" program
leveymg
Dec 2015
#40
No, just pointing out that the USG is also in the business of spreading lies. Our lies cost more
leveymg
Dec 2015
#120
Well, I'm assuming the NYTimes has similarly high "standards" for their content...
MattSh
Dec 2015
#180
And there is the several RT hosts who quit in disgust at the lies they were asked to peddle
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#51
A. you are my hero today. B. can you BELIEVE you have to have this conversation
randys1
Dec 2015
#103
It is ridiculous that I have to have this conversation, but Orwell summed it up nicely in his notes
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#117
See #44 above and again, without breaking a sweat, there are hundreds more. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#45
I have a friend who is a journalist who would join you in this thread and DEMOLISH these
randys1
Dec 2015
#104
Where did you get those statistics, Steve? FoxNews? 97-99% of MSM reporting "Completely accurate"?
leveymg
Dec 2015
#43
Since you support Bernie and Bernie appears on Fox, I guess you will be endorsing Hillary.
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#46
But, he isn't paid by Fox, is he? You would know the answer to that, wouldn't you, Steven.
leveymg
Dec 2015
#52
Neither am I, Bernie and I are both guests when we appear. So again, anything you say against me
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#54
You appear on Fox for free! Just for the sake of "fair and balanced", I suppose?
leveymg
Dec 2015
#57
That was an interesting "damned if you, damned if you don't" exchange.
Behind the Aegis
Dec 2015
#68
Ridicule is for being on Fox, regularly, and not just as the subject of an interview.
leveymg
Dec 2015
#72
What don't you believe, that he's on the NewsCorp Masthead as a "Fox News Insider"?
leveymg
Dec 2015
#75
You get put on "Fox News insider" if a segment is considered a good one. The "Insider"
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#76
Yep. And he supports someone who goes on Fox for President. As I said in my last comment below
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#91
The folks who criticize me for appearing on Fox always have this kind of pretzel logic in their
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#83
Fox is blocked by me on my TV so I have never seen you. The first thing that came up when
randys1
Dec 2015
#106
Of course, I forgot. Bernie Sanders is on the masthead of Fox News as a Contributor. Just like you.
leveymg
Dec 2015
#71
Except I'm not a contributor.Contributor is a specific term in television that means a paid employee
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#77
You should be ashamed. DU has always been about logic, knowledge and sources. You are on the wrong
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#85
You support someone who goes on there for President. You have nothing to say to me. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#90
Bernie is a politician who speaks to all. What is your purpose that you think you are so important?
ViseGrip
Dec 2015
#105
Surely you must have watched him when he is on Fox? To make that kind of statement?
randys1
Dec 2015
#108
A guy has to make a living. If they paid me to talk to them, I would, I wouldnt watch it
randys1
Dec 2015
#116
You should have been here when Hannah Bell and her various incarnations were
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#156
See my #23 above. Care to take me up on that 100 articles at random test? nt
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#24
You've probably got one of the folks upthread on ignore. Here is the upshot...
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#88
NO, dont say thank you, please, seriously. It makes me mad as hell Thom is on there
randys1
Dec 2015
#111
Not true at all. If it is then I'm sure you can provide examples of how he "sold out" and
cui bono
Dec 2015
#168
That's the equivilant of saying anyone citing CBC or BBC should question everything from the source
tech3149
Dec 2015
#9
I avoid RT like the plague. But U.S. news sources are no better. Tell me...
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2015
#11
Please explain what you see as 'shady' about Russia's, RT's and RT's readers' 'agenda(s)'?
Ghost Dog
Dec 2015
#26
Agreed. It is like reading our State Department news releases or White House releases.
pampango
Dec 2015
#47
So RT, which "is watched now by over 50 million US households" is now propaganda?
zappaman
Dec 2015
#38
'Freeview' is a digital terrestial broadcast system, free to everyone
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#98
You would not pay any attention to Putin's annual parliamentary address & Q&A?
Ghost Dog
Dec 2015
#66
I quite trusting RT when they posted all those lies about WMDs in Iraq
TheSarcastinator
Dec 2015
#79
It is really simple, even though it might not win any friends...RT is owned by a dictator
Rex
Dec 2015
#114
I guess that means that the quake in South America was a lie then. Happy to find that out.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#127