Russia Today V the BBC News!

kestrelx · 01-05-2013, 11:02

Does anyone watch the freeview news channel Russia Today?

RT

It's worth watching as it gives a totally opposite view to the BBC or British Brainwashing Corporation; perception of news events!

Alan Varrechia · 01-05-2013, 13:51

Watch it quite a lot, particularly like the Keiser Report.

Boeing Guy · 01-05-2013, 13:58

Funny you should mention Brainwashing. it is well known in Journalism circles that Russia Today, a state owned and run news channel, which allows the Kremlin to put their slant on the news, is rather Biased towards the Russian Federation and their views on the world.
It has been described as being impartial as Pravda is.

Even Al Jazeera has likened it to propaganda.
News channel or propaganda tool? - Listening Post - Al Jazeera English

I am all for impartial news, unfortunately this is as impartial as Socialist Worker

MargaretR · 01-05-2013, 15:39

Some prize winning investigative journalists work for this one
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..but you have to pay to get the full report.

Less · 01-05-2013, 15:47

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Originally Posted by Alan Varrechia

Watch it quite a lot, particularly like the Keiser Report.

Is that similar to Anastasia having been seen serving fries at Moscow's McDees?

Alan Varrechia · 01-05-2013, 16:40

I'd try and answer that Less but i'm afriad it went right over my head ?

JCB · 01-05-2013, 17:00

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Does anyone watch the freeview news channel Russia Today?
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Any relation to Pravda ?

Boeing Guy · 01-05-2013, 17:04

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Some prize winning investigative journalists work for this one
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..but you have to pay to get the full report.

Its worth it, a bit like Private Eye.
I am surprised you read it Margaret, I thought you were more info wars and David Icke, this seems to be against those.

jaysay · 01-05-2013, 17:20

Anybody that thinks that a Russian news channel gives a better balanced view than the BBC is definitely living on cloud cuckoo land

Alan Varrechia · 01-05-2013, 17:56

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Anybody that thinks that a Russian news channel gives a better balanced view than the BBC is definitely living on cloud cuckoo land

Went off Our state (BBC) tv a while ago. Think you will find it's just as biast as all the rest.

jaysay · 01-05-2013, 18:01

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Originally Posted by Alan Varrechia

Went off Our state (BBC) tv a while ago. Think you will find it's just as biast as all the rest.

Comparing the BBC to anything Russian is a bit OTT Alan, they still have the election results from next years election locked in the safe in the Kremlin

kestrelx · 03-05-2013, 15:37

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Comparing the BBC to anything Russian is a bit OTT Alan, they still have the election results from next years election locked in the safe in the Kremlin

Showing your ignorance again

if you'd bother to watch it - it covers much inter-national news from an angle that BBC doesn't and gives voice to some conspiracy type views. It's called Russia Today but it covers many countries not just Russian news - I don't know who finances it though?

Boeing Guy · 03-05-2013, 15:52

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Showing your ignorance again

if you'd bother to watch it - it covers much inter-national news from an angle that BBC doesn't and gives voice to some conspiracy type views. It's called Russia Today but it covers many countries not just Russian news - I don't know who finances it though?

Now you are showing your ignorance, RT is financed by the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. It is a state run organisation, reporting the States view on world events, as such it is not impartial.
But if you had bothered to read and understand what I had already written you would have a understanding, unless of course you have already been Brainwashed by the Russian Federation

kestrelx · 03-05-2013, 16:19

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Now you are showing your ignorance, RT is financed by the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. It is a state run organisation, reporting the States view on world events, as such it is not impartial.
But if you had bothered to read and understand what I had already written you would have a understanding, unless of course you have already been Brainwashed by the Russian Federation

I never claimed to know who was running RT, but thanks for enlightening me! The point is; the BBC are always promoting the royal family but I have not seen one news item that is promoting Russia or it's rulers on RT - there is very little actually about Russia or Putin etc on it and a lot of it is about the middle east and the US lead wars etc - not indoctrination. In fact the main news feature today was about the Council elections in the UK and the UKIP!

Boeing Guy · 03-05-2013, 16:33

Russia Today is State Owned and reports the news the state wants it to, it is not impartial.just because it does not talk about the Russian Federation Government is not important.

You want to be indoctrinated by the Russian Federation and the stuff they tell you watch Russia Today.
If you really want impartial news, not Brainwashing, I suggest you look elsewhere as Russia Today is a Propaganda only organisation