RUSSIAN RADIO IN THE US, TRIES TO SPREAD LIES JUST LIKE FOX NEWS

 





 

Russian radio in the US should join forces with those similar to themselves, such as Fox News or Rush Limbaugh.

OK, so how many of you are aware of a cable news network called “RT America”.

Well, the RT stands for “Russia Today”, and the US network is totally funded by the Russian Government.  Yep, it is registered as an autonomous non-profit organization funded by the federal budget of Russia through their Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation.  (Do you think the agency's name is long enough?)

An American journalist, Liz Wahl, that was the anchor for the network, has now proceeded to make Comrade Vladimir Putin’s enemies list.
 

Ms. Wahl stunned her viewers last week, when, at the end of her 5 PM broadcast, she announced her resignation from the channel.

Even though the announcement was stunning, Ms. Wahl’s decision to quit the network was a long time coming.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, she stated to them that, “When I came on board from the beginning I knew what I was getting into...but I think I tried to stay as objective as I could.  However, I cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin."

Due to the repeated attempts by her superiors at the network to censor her work and distort the truth, this is what ultimately convinced Wahl that she would have to depart from the network.

“As a reporter on this network I have faced many ethical and moral challenges.”

It is important to understand that Ms. Wahl was from a family whose grandparents came here as refugees during the Hungarian revolution.  She has stated that it is now ironic that she was leaving the same, previously Soviet forces, from which her family decades ago had to escape.  Ms. Wahl told this to her network viewers, immediately following a bogus report claiming that the new Ukrainian government, which ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, is composed mainly of fascists and neo-Nazis.

She stated, “I’m very lucky to have grown up here in the United States. I am the daughter of a veteran. My partner is a physician at an American military base.  Personally, I cannot be part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I am proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth and that is why after this newscast I’m resigning.”

Ms. Wahl then stared directly into the camera before the network finally cut to a commercial break.

Wahl’s announcement came on the heels of another on-air act of not following the Kremlin's script.

Just days before Ms. Wahl quit, another RT host, Abby Martin, ended her program called, “Break the Set” by denouncing Russia’s military intervention in the Ukraine.

RT management then announced that they would be sending Martin to the Ukrainian region of Crimea which is currently occupied by Russian troops.  Ms. Martin has so far refused this offer from RT.

Martin was praised in many quarters for her independence, and she still remains an employee of the RT network. 

Wahl had initially reached out to The Daily Beast in August right after they had launched an impromptu protest against RT and Putin’s homophobic repression. Wahl had felt morally compromised by working for the network and she told the “Beast” about her feelings at that time, but she wasn’t yet prepared to quit.

It would be nice if Fox’s Megan Kelly, did something like that of Ms. Wahl.  Maybe Ms. Kelly would also understand, as Ms. Wahl did, that spreading propaganda is a bad way to be as a “real” news person.  If the RT anchor can say on the air "I cannot be part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Vladimir Putin.", she may never work for RT again, but she is saying that she believes in "disseminating the truth".  
 

So for Ms. Wahl, I guess that leaves out Fox as a future reporting job prospect.

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