July 20, 2014
By Allen Clifton
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Many on Fox News even help perpetuate the right-wing talking point that if it’s not reported on Fox News (or other conservative outlets), it’s just lies told by the “liberal media.” Because that’s basically the belief of many conservatives. That’s why it’s nearly impossible to convince them of anything. If Fox News (or other conservative media sources) aren’t reporting something – to them, it’s not factual. So whenever I use another source to debunk their lies, they dismiss that evidence as fiction because their sources didn’t report it.
It kind of reminds me of the recent story concerning Russia Today’s reporting of the downed Malaysian airliner.
It seems the Russian-owned “news” organization has been accused by a now former employee, London-based reporter Sara Firth, of purposefully reporting lies about the Malaysian airline that was recently shot down over Ukraine. This follows a few months ago when news anchor Liz Wahl left the company over disagreements on how they were told to cover the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces.
See, Russia Today is basically nothing more than another method for the Russian government to try to control the truth. It’s a propaganda machine for Vladimir Putin.
Just look at Russia Today’s statement regarding the departure of Firth, who left the network because she claimed they were being pushed to report inaccurate information about the plane being shot down by the Ukrainian government:
“Sara has declared that she chooses the truth; apparently we have different definitions of truth. We believe that truth is what our reporters see on the ground, with their own eyes, and not what’s printed in the morning London newspaper. In our coverage, RT, unlike the rest of the media, did not draw conclusions before the official investigation has even begun. We show all sides of the story, even if everyone else has already decided which side is to blame.”
Doesn’t that sound exactly like something Fox News would say to their critics?
read more:
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/russian-propaganda-machine-russia-today-essentially-version-fox-news/
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