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In reply to the discussion: Is Chomsky still on DU's "approved" comentator list? [View all]Warpy
(114,616 posts)While I RT as trustworthy as far as I can toss Putin by his left pinkie, their stories aren't all bad. It's certainly not on the low level of, say, Prison Planet or some of the sites that are banned here. I think most DUers are smart enough to take propaganda with a grain of salt; after all, we're here instead of swallowing all the propaganda we've been fed in this country for the last 40 years.
We must have a merry band composed of old Cold Warriors plus Israel Firsters whose families fled the USSR who want to censor anything from Russia. That is a mistake. Things they report should be questioned and discussed, not censored right out of the gate just because it's a Russian news service started by an old KGB propagandist. Sometimes they even get it right on RT. When they get it wrong, it's generally a whopper and laughable.
This used to be a pretty fair and free site. There are too many people with axes to grind against people and groups they don't like to make it so now.
Whether or not Chomsky is palatable seems to rely on which news service has posted a video of his words. This is clearly wrong.