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The ones that claim RT is a legitimate news site crack me up. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #1
$300 mil. doesn't cover the budget of a single U.S. State Dept "public diplomacy" program leveymg Dec 2015 #40
Defending RT? sigh...And Thom Hartmann being on RT pisses me off, he is randys1 Dec 2015 #101
No, just pointing out that the USG is also in the business of spreading lies. Our lies cost more leveymg Dec 2015 #120
Ugh randys1 Dec 2015 #122
Try realism. It's not so bad. leveymg Dec 2015 #130
Thank you leveymg Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #140
well said. Thanks. n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2015 #148
+300 million Excellent post nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #176
But Cracked magazine is OK.....???? CanSocDem Dec 2015 #2
Haha! Good point! nt elias49 Dec 2015 #3
Is Cracked owned by a government? DetlefK Dec 2015 #4
Quality guidelines for contributors to Cracked... MattSh Dec 2015 #13
Look it up yourself: DetlefK Dec 2015 #178
Well, I'm assuming the NYTimes has similarly high "standards" for their content... MattSh Dec 2015 #180
I'll take Cracked over Russian state propaganda any day. nt appal_jack Dec 2015 #5
How do you feel about American state propaganda? FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #20
They aren't state propaganda outlets. kwassa Dec 2015 #22
But they are owned by the people 1%ers who own our jwirr Dec 2015 #27
They are publicly held corporations. kwassa Dec 2015 #31
Then explain why they are all selling us the goods all the jwirr Dec 2015 #32
As to Bernie Sanders, I'm afraid it's far simpler. Archae Dec 2015 #55
You've got to be joking. cui bono Dec 2015 #164
You're misunderstanding me. Archae Dec 2015 #170
He would be a ratings grabber if they would put him on the air. cui bono Dec 2015 #171
I know that, you know that, and a lot of people here know that. Archae Dec 2015 #173
Sure thing. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #56
You are mixing up a number of different things. kwassa Dec 2015 #62
If you think that makes it more likely you'll get the truth... MattSh Dec 2015 #41
No, it is not delusional. kwassa Dec 2015 #59
+1 cui bono Dec 2015 #165
that's the funniest thing I've read today Facility Inspector Dec 2015 #118
I'm glad your amused. Now, if you have a rebuttal ... kwassa Dec 2015 #143
Arguably VoA, though they make a point of running stories critical of USG Recursion Dec 2015 #181
Not much impressed by them either. nt appal_jack Dec 2015 #82
One is state owned and operated by Putin bootlickers. sufrommich Dec 2015 #6
But the ones owned corporations that hate informed citizens... MattSh Dec 2015 #10
You say all of that as if saying it means something. It doesn't. stevenleser Dec 2015 #23
The most effective propaganda speaks truth, it is said by apparent experts. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #25
How many do you want? nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #30
As many as you can find... MattSh Dec 2015 #35
Without breaking a sweat... stevenleser Dec 2015 #44
This only confirms my feeling that it's propaganda on both sides starroute Dec 2015 #96
. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #142
Stopfake.org... Seriously? MattSh Dec 2015 #179
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
Makes sense. I like the way you said you even criticized Obama FROM THE LEFT randys1 Dec 2015 #119
We are lucky that our reporters pscot Dec 2015 #151
A merely rhetorical response? Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #39
See #44 above and again, without breaking a sweat, there are hundreds more. nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #45
Well, without breaking a sweat, Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #58
You have one link to back you up, all of my stuff is sourced. stevenleser Dec 2015 #64
My rapid analysis & opinion on your 'evidence', yes. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #69
which doesnt mean anything. I have links backing me up, you don't. nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #80
... Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #86
Nyet--not weak--I'm with Steve. Your argument fails to convince. nt MADem Dec 2015 #135
I have a friend who is a journalist who would join you in this thread and DEMOLISH these randys1 Dec 2015 #104
Please point out where stevenleser's material, above, Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #145
BTW, the "dubious link" is to the "about us" page at the site you refer to. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #149
That's true... MattSh Dec 2015 #37
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
Same reason Bernie does. nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #63
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
Your comments. Behind the Aegis Dec 2015 #73
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
And keeps making assertions about things she/he doesn't know about. stevenleser Dec 2015 #78
It is strange and sad. Behind the Aegis Dec 2015 #87
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
It ain't me who should be ashamed to be on this thread and board. n/t leveymg Dec 2015 #84
You should be ashamed. DU has always been about logic, knowledge and sources. You are on the wrong stevenleser Dec 2015 #85
Like Fox News is about Balance and Fairness, Steve? Don't answer that. leveymg Dec 2015 #89
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
You notice you never see specific criticisms of what I say on Fox. stevenleser Dec 2015 #113
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
What is your purpose that you think YOU are so important? Nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #110
Excuse me Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #147
Who do you think YOU are? Nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #150
Mere rhetoric, again? Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #154
If you don't like that kind of rhetoric, don't use it. stevenleser Dec 2015 #155
You're right. I apologise. Let's drop the personal, Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #158
ALERTER'S COMMENTS MisterP Dec 2015 #175
Well done, DU. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #177
What's wrong with Leser going on Fox? He's a pundit, so? cui bono Dec 2015 #167
But they can be accurate and still not tell the truth. cui bono Dec 2015 #166
When I was growing up, Cracked Magazine was.... Blus4u Dec 2015 #33
Uh yes, I cant believe what site I am on, this CANT be DU randys1 Dec 2015 #102
You should have been here when Hannah Bell and her various incarnations were stevenleser Dec 2015 #156
But we absorb torrents of American propaganda without thinking starroute Dec 2015 #7
No counterbalance required FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #21
See my #23 above. Care to take me up on that 100 articles at random test? nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #24
I don't see any #23 -- did you delete it? starroute Dec 2015 #36
You've probably got one of the folks upthread on ignore. Here is the upshot... stevenleser Dec 2015 #88
That's why I question anything Thom Hartmann has to say. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #8
Thank you. (nt) NurseJackie Dec 2015 #16
NO, dont say thank you, please, seriously. It makes me mad as hell Thom is on there randys1 Dec 2015 #111
I can't stand listening to him. Maybe it's just me ... NurseJackie Dec 2015 #124
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
They should. jeff47 Dec 2015 #12
Agreed. Question everything. jwirr Dec 2015 #28
Definitely. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #60
I avoid RT like the plague. But U.S. news sources are no better. Tell me... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #11
LBN. KamaAina Dec 2015 #42
No better? So Rachel Maddow and RT are the same? randys1 Dec 2015 #112
Censorship is un-Democratic. Octafish Dec 2015 #14
What a hilarious thread FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #18
Archae uses DU as his personal Twitter. Octafish Dec 2015 #95
Ha Ha Ha! Exactly! "Pure propaganda complaining about propaganda." Agony Dec 2015 #137
Ain't that the truth... cui bono Dec 2015 #169
so is Putin. zappaman Dec 2015 #67
What would Frank Zappa think? Octafish Dec 2015 #93
Maybe he would recognize RT for the propaganda outlet it is? zappaman Dec 2015 #99
Frank was a prick. randys1 Dec 2015 #115
Frank Zappa, Syria Mosque 11/06/74 leveymg Dec 2015 #132
On the other hand Frank would have ~loved~ Hillary Fumesucker Dec 2015 #138
Certainly would recoginize it as a propaganda outlet. Octafish Dec 2015 #121
Wow, just insult after insult, eh? zappaman Dec 2015 #123
I'm not your friend. Octafish Dec 2015 #125
I'm sorry you're having a bad day. zappaman Dec 2015 #126
''It's shameful. You nailed it.'' Octafish Dec 2015 #128
I hope you get out of your funk and have a great holiday, my friend! zappaman Dec 2015 #129
Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? Octafish Dec 2015 #131
Have a great holiday! zappaman Dec 2015 #133
There's the real zappaman of DU. Octafish Dec 2015 #136
Oh, really? Tell me something I don't know. randome Dec 2015 #15
Statists always fear and denigrate the words that they feel FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #17
With a certain regard, Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #153
RT is a great sourse to analyze the direction of Putins propoganda. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #19
Please explain what you see as 'shady' about Russia's, RT's and RT's readers' 'agenda(s)'? Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #26
If you read my post you would see I think it is valuable to read. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #34
Yes, agreed. All information is valuable Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #48
This is just painful to read. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #53
President Putin is the top-level (& not the only) elected representative Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #61
Does the incorporated US MSM Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #157
Agreed. It is like reading our State Department news releases or White House releases. pampango Dec 2015 #47
Oh, shit. All the guys with acoustic guitars, busted. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #29
So RT, which "is watched now by over 50 million US households" is now propaganda? zappaman Dec 2015 #38
Did you actually read the article? Archae Dec 2015 #49
Why do you hate Putin? zappaman Dec 2015 #65
"watched by over 50 million" was the propaganda muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #70
Ok, thanks, that UK data is of interest: Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #97
'Freeview' is a digital terrestial broadcast system, free to everyone muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #98
Ok. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #159
THAT card is always well played. Number23 Dec 2015 #174
I won't click or retweet any of the stuff they spew..... Historic NY Dec 2015 #50
You would not pay any attention to Putin's annual parliamentary address & Q&A? Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #66
"Crickets" Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #160
i used to listen to some shortwave radio.....pre internet days dembotoz Dec 2015 #74
I quite trusting RT when they posted all those lies about WMDs in Iraq TheSarcastinator Dec 2015 #79
. FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #107
I believe it. The west does the same thing LittleBlue Dec 2015 #81
.....but the West!!! sagat Dec 2015 #92
They've switched to "Sputnik News" now, and hoped you wouldn't notice. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2015 #94
You know this propaganda is not limited to RT nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #100
It goes both ways Matrosov Dec 2015 #109
It is really simple, even though it might not win any friends...RT is owned by a dictator Rex Dec 2015 #114
And that is the point nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #134
Thanks I will look into it. Rex Dec 2015 #141
It is a disturbing book nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #163
. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #161
I guess that means that the quake in South America was a lie then. Happy to find that out. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #127
RT is wholly owned and operated by the Russian government steve2470 Dec 2015 #139
I just saw a documentary about Oklahoma earthquakes on RT. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #182
I am told that FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #184
Go west uppityperson Dec 2015 #144
Young man zappaman Dec 2015 #146
I tried that, for a loooong time (trusting a woman). Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #162
and: wildbilln864 Dec 2015 #152
RT is passé... SidDithers Dec 2015 #172
This message was self-deleted by its author Oneironaut Dec 2015 #183
+1000 Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #185
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