in how it relates to America. I can't remember the name or the show title or the journalist but she is a "pundit/journalist" which is very similar to the type of shows on the 24/7 networks. (I remember the show opens with a graphic of bombs labeled CNN, Fox, MSNBC "Weapons of Mass Disinformation"
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At-the-end of a show, she interviewed an US diplomat to Iraq that I wish more networks provided interviews instead of those god-awful Generals that were part of an organized Pentagon Propaganda operation. They also hired Larry King who continues to ask questions, doesn't bring his opinion "to the air". RT grants a lot of Jesse Ventura interviews, I saw Sibel Edmunds on there, Bill Maher on Larry King. I saw Ron Paul once, start talking economics & Libertarians quickly lose me but they do make some sense when it comes to foreign policy.
I can't recall who else, Oliver Stone was one.
These are top stories on the RT US section
Texas prison riot: 2,800 inmates to be moved from now ‘uninhabitable’ facility
After 2,000 inmates, mostly immigrants, took over a Texas prison in a riot over poor medical services, federal authorities have decided to relocate all the detainees from the now “uninhabitable” correctional facility.
The riot at the Willacy County Correctional Center erupted on Friday afternoon, when prisoners refused to eat breakfast or report for work to protest medical services at the facility.
The prison was practically run over by the inmates, who continue to hold down the fort. It still remains unclear what medical service issues had upset the inmates. Only around 800 to 900 inmates have refused to riot in a facility that holds some 2,900 people, most of whom are immigrants with criminal record.
Negotiations were ongoing Saturday in an effort to “regain complete control”of the prison after multiple agencies, including federal and state authorities, became involved in securing the perimeter, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the US Bureau of Prisons. The spokesman added that prisoners are “now compliant,” but might be moved to other institutions as damage from rioting made the facility“uninhabitable.”
http://rt.com/usa/234471-texas-uninhabitable-prison-riot/
Given that the report lacks assertions as to what specific issues are why they're rioting it is hard to claim that it is propaganda with the exception there is a reason why RT choose to list it at-the-top. As you can see what type of stories RT priorities is the important stories the corporate US media downplays or omits.
US wants to slow down Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Washington is considering shifting the deadline for troop its withdrawal from Afghanistan to make sure the “progress” from over 13 years of US operations in the country “sticks,” the new US Defense Secretary said during a surprise visit to Kabul.
“Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a news conference in Kabul with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. “That is why President Obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for President Ghani’s security strategy, including possible changes to the timeline for our drawdown of US troops.”
Under the current arrangement, the 11,000-strong US force should be cut to roughly 5,000 by the end of 2015, before pulling out altogether the following year, when Obama will leave office. By the end of 2016 the US military presence is expected to shrink to a “normal” embassy security contingent.
Obama is scheduled to visit Kabul next month, where Ghani will likely discuss US troop numbers with the American leader “in the context of the larger partnership.”
http://rt.com/usa/234467-troops-withdrawal-timeline-afghanistan/
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