It is sad that it has come to this...Russia coming in to report what we should have been getting from US media. I think this is a good thing, but I suppose only time will tell. We should watch this closely, as I am sure they will let us know of any attempts at censorship from the government...which is plausible. Nice thread.

It is kind of Ironic.
I grew up in the Regan- Bush years where you where taught to think of Russia as the Evil empire and that they had no free press like we did in the states.
Now Russia is going to be an alternative Media that covers the things that American media ignores.

---what a strange world

good. Today Russia has better reporting than ever . While the western media is becoming more and more like Pravda and a gobbels propaganda lie machine

I would caution that every media outlet has an agenda. I can be sure of FOX, MSNBC and CNN. RT, will also have its agenda. I've watched their programs, but many times it is decontexualized.

I see their reports online from time to time on various blogs, but I know nothing of the background. Where are their anchors from? Who sponsors and/or underwrites their programming? Youtube vids are sponsored by Youtube sponsors, but that doesn't pay the RT overhead, so to speak.

When you watch MSNBC or FOX and see advertising by GE or Lockheed or Boeing, you can be more or less assured that what you are watching during the actual "news content" segments has met the desired standards for those companies insofar as how much and what kind of war coverage will be given. The slant right or left is minuscule and insignificant, meant only to feed into party passions.

The advertising is essentially a way around saying that these companies "own" the media outlets, when in reality they foot the bill, which is the same thing.