Russia Today (RT)

MRnotlob606

For those who don't know what Russia Today is, it is a English Language news broadcaster that presents news from a Russian perspective, They are always the first to bounce on US foreign policy , yet when Russia invades a Sovereign Country they can justify it. Russia isn't some victim in this world, it is almost totalitarian, Opposes Homosexuality, It unlawfully invaded afghanistan in 1979.and often jails journalists who go against the regime, Russia is just as bad as the US if not worse.

jameshayes

lol

holystungun9

They don't like it up 'em, those Russians.

Nemeses

Awh - But I like a bit of comedy to watch in the morning on the CRT..

As long as there is Iced vodka on the table....game on!

TeddyTedson

I'm surprised that you say Russia are almost as bad as the US. I think most people would be of the opinion that Russia are worse than the US in this regard.
Personally I think they're very similar.

The Backwards Man

**That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency.**

Tomorrow, Fox News, the impartial observer of justice and truth.





RT have great nature programmes though

Nabber

I fail to see any point. You start of against Russia today, move on to Russia and finish with the USA

Aidric

And the US networks are presenting a balanced perspective?

Sir Arthur Daley

I follow them on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/RT_com

The Backwards Man

WikiHow wrote: »

I follow them on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/RT_com

Pffft. They follow me on Twitter

nocoverart

Sky should get rid of this horrible biased channel from its EPG ASAP!

and get rid of their home news channel while they're at it

Fr_Dougal

Irish Ukrainian, not Russian.

Stavros Murphy

Russia Today does great work, it's busy putin forward a world view to balance the US versions. Everyone loves balance. Comrade.

Hande hoche!

Some of their documentaries are very good. Also handy to have different perspective, even if it is very biased.

MRnotlob606

I do myself watch RT and have so for while, They also have interviewed Irish Politicans in the past, just dont like they way they almost put russia on a sort of moral highground compared to The US

Cool_CM

I quite enjoy flicking between Russia Today and Fox News

Aidric

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

They also have interviewed Irish Politicans in the past, just dont like they way they almost put russia on a sort of moral highground compared to The US

And Vincent Browne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHBJfTofIfg

holystungun9

Cool_CM wrote: »

I quite enjoy flicking between Russia Today and Fox News

Durrty!

Wacker The Attacker

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

For those who don't know what Russia Today is, it is a English Language news broadcaster that presents news from a Russian perspective, They are always the first to bounce on US foreign policy , yet when Russia the u.s invades a Sovereign Country they can justify it. Russia isn't some victim in this world, it is almost totalitarian, Opposes Homosexuality, It unlawfully invaded afghanistan in 1979.and often jails journalists who go against the regime, Russia is just as bad as the US if not worse.

Sounds exactly like fox news now

Ten of Swords

Their piece on the Irish economy wasn't bad, although predictably people from Carlow went fuсking ballistic about it.

onemorechance

Wacker The Attacker

Lauren Lyster is a hottie

keith16

TheZohan wrote: »

Irish Ukrainian, not Russian.

You can imagine "Reeling in the years" 20 years from now playing this back.

The Caption will read:

"Despite 2014 being a year of stellar broadcasting technological capabilities, former Irish state broadcaster still manages to fuck up even the most routine tasks.

Little do they know, this faux pas will set in motion a chain of events that will culminate with the demise of the station just 6 months later.

Brian Dobson and Ryan Turbidy move to a late night edition of celebrity bum fights (refereed by Vinny on TV3"

This will be set to the music of Garth Brooks.

End.

Putin

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Russia is just as bad as the US if not worse.

That's you added to my list.

SEPT 23 1989

Even if i don't agree with most of the contributors to that station they are far more interesting than the ones on western channels

Victor

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Pffft. They follow me on Twitter

Pfff, screw this NSA watching everybody stuff, I'm actually on a published CIA watch list.

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Russia ... unlawfully invaded afghanistan in 1979

Strictly speaking, wasn't that the USSR? They would of course, deny it was an invasion and rely on the repeated requests from Afghanistan.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm surprised that you say Russia are almost as bad as the US. I think most people would be of the opinion that Russia are worse than the US in this regard.
Personally I think they're very similar.

Russia is mostly nasty to its own people and those around them. The USA is nasty to other people while facilitating (some of) its own.

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Duckworth_Luas

Max Keiser can be a good laugh

On the day the royal offspring was born he admonished Kate Middleton for "hatching such a fat baby".

HighClass

It's a hell of a lot better than Sky, BBC, Fox etc. Very biased towards Russia, as you would expect, but most of it's other coverage is great compared to other stations.

Aidric

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Max Keiser can be a good laugh

On the day the royal offspring was born he admonished Kate Middleton for "hatching such a fat baby".

I wonder what his latest reaction to the bitcoin story is. Sweaty crotch no doubt.

Temptamperu

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

For those who don't know what Russia Today is, it is a English Language news broadcaster that presents news from a Russian perspective, They are always the first to bounce on US foreign policy , yet when Russia invades a Sovereign Country they can justify it. Russia isn't some victim in this world, it is almost totalitarian, Opposes Homosexuality, It unlawfully invaded afghanistan in 1979.and often jails journalists who go against the regime, Russia is just as bad as the US if not worse.

SO did america. infact they are 3 middle easstern countrys south america japan germany we get there propaganda of muscle men fighting brownies we eat theyre food and want to be actors and rockstars and sports men instead of doing something real.
Hitler was stopped after three countries. Shame no one can see the facist regeme that is the empire of the states.

Also you didnt win wolrld war 2 the russians did.

Zeebs

Your man Max Kaiser is not Noonan's biggest fan..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_IR_yNg7c

TeddyTedson

What's all this not Russian stuff?

keith16

TeddyTedson wrote: »

What's all this not Russian stuff?

Last night during Prime time the sound messed up and went on a repeat loop even as the pictures moved on.

The piece ended, back to the studio and all through the ADS, the sound repeated "IRISH RUSSIAN NOT UKRAINIAN" or something like that.

It has captured the country's imagination.

TheDriver

They seem to have some good looking news readers who have very American sounding accents

Aidric

TheDriver wrote: »

They seem to have some good looking news readers who have very American sounding accents

They have a bureau in Washington also.

renegademaster

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

For those who don't know what Russia Today is, it is a English Language news broadcaster that presents news from a Russian perspective, They are always the first to bounce on US foreign policy , yet when Russia invades a Sovereign Country they can justify it. Russia isn't some victim in this world, it is almost totalitarian, Opposes Homosexuality, It unlawfully invaded afghanistan in 1979.and often jails journalists who go against the regime, Russia is just as bad as the US if not worse.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm surprised that you say Russia are almost as bad as the US. I think most people would be of the opinion that Russia are worse than the US in this regard.
Personally I think they're very similar.

Aidric wrote: »

And the US networks are presenting a balanced perspective?

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I do myself watch RT and have so for while, They also have interviewed Irish Politicans in the past, just dont like they way they almost put russia on a sort of moral highground compared to The US

people forget very quickly that 7 world leaders met Putin on Irish soil intent on arming the crazy al queda linked rebels in Syria and that the 7 of them left that meeting with their tail between their legs. Some seriously hypocritical $hitetalk coming out of the united stasi of america the last few days too, John Kerry lecturing about going into "sovereign" states on dodgy pretexts, ya couldn't make it up!!

AndonHandon

I can't believe this is being viewed as an unjustified invasion by Russia. They are being welcomed into a region by people who rue the day they were cut off from Russia. The ultra-nationalist psychos fighting against them are being scarily portrayed ("misportrayed") by the Western media.

ygolometsipe

onemorechance wrote: »

Dam! Russian Women are tough. Fair play to her.

realweirdo

AndonHandon wrote: »

I can't believe this is being viewed as an unjustified invasion by Russia. They are being welcomed into a region by people who rue the day they were cut off from Russia. The ultra-nationalist psychos fighting against them are being scarily portrayed ("misportrayed") by the Western media.

So many inaccuracies, it's hard to know where to start.

If you watched some of the news today you would see there are many Russian speaking people in Crimea and in the east of Ukraine who are equally opposed to the intervention of Russia. There are also many people in Russia who are opposed to the intervention, but seeing as Russia has no real media for opposition voices, it goes largely unreported. I don't think the Tatars who hate the Russians with a vengence welcome the intervention, but I doubt you care about them or the discrimination they will now experience.

The law as it currently stands states the Crimea is part of Ukraine. You can't in the 21st century just redraw the map unilatterly and claim parts of other countries as your own, just like that.

As for the misportrayel of the "ultra-nationalists", I was watching an interview with two old women in Crimea on the news this evening. One old woman said the nationalists were worse than the SS, had machine guns, and were going around Crimea threathening people. The other woman, who by the way was pro Russian, said don't exagerate they had no machine guns.

Just as with Syria where people of your ilk portray even peaceful protestors as AQ maniacs, you also try to portray some protestors in the Ukraine as bad as the SS, when they are nothing of the sort.

From what I see the major misportrayals come from the pro Russians in the main who try to make out the government in Kiev are Nazis and SS and all that.

The Diabolical Monocle

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Dam! Russian Women are tough. Fair play to her.

She is to being execute.

Eight Ball

Really refreshing to hear the other side of the coin imo. Fox, Sky, CNN, RTE all sing from the same hymn sheet and it always backs up the west as the good guys (which they are at times but often are not).

onemorechance

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Dam! Russian Women are tough. Fair play to her.

Most likely she is from the USA. She works in the RT office located in Washington D.C.

Joe Doe

Agree with most of the others that is always worth seeing the view from the other side of the road. Sure they may have their fair share of (slightly upfront) propaganda but who doesn't have their own interests propping up lead stories. Anyone of intelligence can always read through the line and come to a balanced view.

It's worth watching also - just to see Max Kaiser go into a rage about the potential value growth of silver commodities.

Bear in mind another outsider news channel on sky was blocked last just year because camarooney didn't agree with them...

ygolometsipe

onemorechance wrote: »

Most likely she is from the USA. She works in the RT office located in Washington D.C.

you are correct, I just assumed she was Russian.
I did not know RT had an office in DC.
I was think it would have been nuts to do that if you were in russia at the given moment.

Still tho fair play to her.

I should have remembered seagalean wisdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg4trPZFUwc

dirkmeister

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Their piece on the Irish economy wasn't bad, although predictably people from Carlow went fuсking ballistic about it.

I spat out my tea during the interview with your man in "central Carlow".
They are standing in a lane!

Hande hoche!

Joe Doe wrote: »

Bear in mind another outsider news channel on sky was blocked last just year because camarooney didn't agree with them...

Was that an Iranian one?

Joe Doe

yep, that's the one. Imagine rt won't have long now....

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

dirkmeister wrote: »

I spat out my tea during the interview with your man in "central Carlow".
They are standing in a lane!

a small side lane jutting off from an ever so slightly larger lane!