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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: Should videos from Russia Today be allowed on DU? [View all]
IF those videos are of known Leftists, such as Noam Chomsky?
51 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
Yes, RT videos with known Leftists should be allowed | |
46 (90%) |
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No, RT is too awful to risk this | |
5 (10%) |
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I'd measure the truths from Thom Hartmann over any other "mainstream" news programs...
cascadiance
Feb 2015
#203
LOL ...got nothing ...attack the messenger is soooo old. Purists will stay with all the others...
L0oniX
Feb 2015
#184
That's why I referred to the slickly produced Russian cable television station...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#10
RT is not the same as Russian television. It is produced here in the US with mostly
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#45
Because it lacked all nuance, the announcers spoke in stilted English, and was boringly predictable.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#102
What part of "That being said I oppose censorship and I would allow the videos" don't you understand
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#224
During the Scottish referendum campaign it was RT and ONLY RT that accurately reported the violence
sibelian
Feb 2015
#8
RT was the only network that covered the anti-Putin demonstrations in Russia also. It always
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#16
Your claim was "RT was the only network that covered the anti-Putin demonstrations in Russia"...
SidDithers
Feb 2015
#107
I filled in what you tried to leave out. I can understand your attempt to change the meaning of
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#118
And?? You choose to misinterpret that post. The BBC is not a US media outlet, I will make
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#150
Who are the 'Putiin Boot Lickers' on DU? Seriously, people want to know. I want to
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#158
Sid says there are trolls here. You are getting things a bit mixed up. IF he sees
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#188
I know what he posted also, and have said repeatedly and will do it once again,
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#264
Surprised, you did not answer any of my questions. all I hear is "crickets"
Duckhunter935
Feb 2015
#272
Skinner has spoken about obsessive troll hunting. Apparently the message is not getting through.
L0oniX
Feb 2015
#186
They can afford to be objective about another country that has nothing to do with them at the moment
treestar
Feb 2015
#78
If the hate site, Little Green Footballs is allowed here ANY source is better than that piece of
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#18
I know a great deal about LGF. They were part of the Right Wing Noise Machine that went after
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#36
LGF's proprietor, Johnson, contributed to the extreme hatred, in fact inspired it, and had
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#56
No, it is not a lie. He followed Little Green Footballs at the time they were feeding the hatred
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#189
Yes, they did a great deal of harm during the Bush era. They spread vile bigotry
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#103
What he just did IS a callout. He has called out all DUers as 'Putin boot lickers'. If that is not
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#62
I believe Sid can speak for himself. He has called DUers 'Putin Bootlickers'.
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#70
That's a fair question. Personally I don't think name calling, especially if it's a collective smear
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#111
Thanks for posting that. As I said, I don't call people names, I prefer to be direct giving them
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#117
No, that is how I read your comment, and was honest enough to give you a chance to correct
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#160
Everyone does NOT know. Is he, or you, eg, calling ME a Putin bootlicker?? You can
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#75
Sid calle Duers 'Putin boot lickers'. Supposedly we all know who they are. If YOU know, because I
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#100
Yes, that is what I said and I will repeat it. If someone launches a collective smear
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#159
I thought I repeated that twice already. By refusing to name the 'trolls' he is
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#173
You just can't hide anything around here, polly. Caught in the act were you?
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#200
Some people seem to think that they can twist what someone wrote two inches away from where it's
Number23
Feb 2015
#180
I don't know who they are. You just called DUers 'Putin boot lickers' so unless you are either
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#41
They were cited for their hate filled attacks on Muslims and then hid them. And you are correct, the
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#44
I know they had their internal rift and followed it with some sense of schadenfreude at the time.
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#137
"The fact is that the Norwegian mass killer was inspired by Charles Johnson."
OilemFirchen
Feb 2015
#196
I believe the mass murderer's own assessment of who he was influenced by. Johnson was one of the
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#205
And you leave out WHY the mass killer said he was angry at Johnson. And that is despicable.
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#216
Did Brock spew hateful bigoted rhetoric for YEARS against Muslims? I do not recall that.
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#219
Exuse me, wait a minute. Warren was a bigoted hater?? Wow, you really are getting desperate
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#229
Most of what Parry writes these days, concerning Russia and Ukraine, is conspiracy garbage...
SidDithers
Feb 2015
#99
People should post whatever they want, but posting crap from known bigoted organizations comes with
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#15
Did I say he is crap? No, you are attempting to exploit Chomsky as a wrapper for the actual issue
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#167
Could you provide some examples of the programming on RT that are 'propaganda for Putin'
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#35
We need a two-prong test for locking threads: 1) unacceptable media; AND 2) unacceptable message.
leveymg
Feb 2015
#33
It's utterly ridiculous to call ALL of those mouthpieces for the world's bankers and 1%
polly7
Feb 2015
#59
RT is a Left Wing site, the antithesis of Fox. Amazing how people will offer opinions of
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#60
RT is a propaganda site controlled by Putin...period, that is ALL I need to know
randys1
Feb 2015
#61
No, it isn't. It's extremely left wing which is why the Right hates it so much. The only
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#98
Yes, they do give voice to all sides, wacko CT even, then they are refuted. They allow Right Wingers
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#113
So censorship works, is that what you are stating? If books are banned, or confined to a small
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#152
So censorship works, is that what you are stating? If books are banned, or confined to a small
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#152
These are last century Straight White Men you list. They, like you, seem to think that a person or
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#273
And you know the "statute of limitations" (whether "real" or not) has run, or is running out..
2banon
Feb 2015
#114
Where else are you going to see Max Keiser discuss the HSCB law breaking and benefit from QE?
MrMickeysMom
Feb 2015
#96
Of course they should...and then they should be given the response they deserve
brooklynite
Feb 2015
#124
The difference betwen RT and FOX news is the source of the propaganda.
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#128
No, the difference between Fox and RT is that RT has actual, professional reporters
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#131
RT is not independent news. They are Russian national propoganda. Putin's private network.
kwassa
Feb 2015
#198
I asked some specific questions of another poster I believe, because I am seeing comments, such as
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#199
Something from RT itself, not the corporate media's 'opinion' of RT. Again, it appears you are not
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#206
Oh bullshit. Read the very long Buzzfeed expose, full of specifics. You are disingenuous.
kwassa
Feb 2015
#208
Bullshit yourself. I reject liars who led this country to war, and now set themselves up as
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#209
You shoot the messenger rather than debate the specifics in the Buzzfeed expose.
kwassa
Feb 2015
#212
The WSJ is OWNED by Right Wing Global Propagandist, Rupert Murdoch. The trick is to allow a few
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#215
???? What is your point? Or are you trying to make MY point? That the US media is being
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#231
sure. we allow NYT & broadcast ABC, NBC, CBS, and they lied us into war.
NuttyFluffers
Feb 2015
#179