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In reply to the discussion: Do It right DU : RT banned from /r/news section of Reddit. [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)They have deep ties to the kremlin, they are not the official news channel. That is interfax. In some ways they are a modern version of Pravda, which was not interfax either. That does not mean I am all for censorship. I do think adults are mostly discerning and can see the propaganda.
For example, watching the Fuku disaster through the eyes of RT was a fascinating exercise. There were several reasons for that.
1.- their own accident in the Ukraine, they studiously avoided it and when they touched on it, well the heroics of the Red Army and all that.
2.- There is no love lost between Russia and Japan due to the kuril Islands.
3.- oh the stupidity, like a few western Reporters I am betting in some from of cancer for their young field reporter.
Now you are advocating censorship, so let me add CBC to the list, Deutche Welle, and other news services. I have a huge problem with censorship.