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In reply to the discussion: Veteran journalist Ed Schultz returns to primetime on RT America [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)115. Truthdig: How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahl’s Resignation
How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahls Resignation
Posted on Mar 19, 2014
The Freedom selfie from James Kirchicks Twitter feed.
By Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek
"Behind the coverage of Wahls dramatic protest, a cadre of neoconservatives was celebrating a public relations coup. Desperate to revive the Cold War, head off further cuts to the defense budget and restore the legitimacy they lost in the ruins of Iraq, the tightknit group of neoconservative writers and stewards had opened up a new PR front through Wahls resignation. And they succeeded with no shortage of help from an ossified media establishment struggling to maintain credibility in an increasingly anarchic online news environment. With isolated skeptics branded as useful idiots for Putin, the scene has been kept clean of neoconservative fingerprints, obscuring their interest in Wahls resignation and the broader push to deepen tensions with Russia.
Through interviews with six current RT employeesall Americans with no particular affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin or his policiesand an investigation into the political forces managing the spectacle, a story has emerged that stands in stark contrast to the one advanced by Wahl, her supporters and the mainstream American press.
It is the story, according to former colleagues, of an apolitical, deeply disgruntled employee seeking an exit strategy from a job where, sources say, she was disciplined for unprofessional behavior and had been demoted. Wahl did not return several voice and text messages sent to her cellphone.
At the center of the intrigue is a young neoconservative writer and activist who helped craft Wahls strategy and exploit her resignation to propel the agenda of a powerful pro-war lobby in Washington.
The story began at 5:07 p.m. Eastern time on March 5.
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It was a full 19 minutes before Wahl resigned. Inside the offices of the Foreign Policy Initiative, a neoconservative think tank in Washington D.C., a staffer logged on to the groups Twitter account to announce the following:"
Full read here:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_cold_war-hungry_neocons_stage_managed_liz_wahls_resignation_20140319
Posted on Mar 19, 2014
The Freedom selfie from James Kirchicks Twitter feed.
By Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek
"Behind the coverage of Wahls dramatic protest, a cadre of neoconservatives was celebrating a public relations coup. Desperate to revive the Cold War, head off further cuts to the defense budget and restore the legitimacy they lost in the ruins of Iraq, the tightknit group of neoconservative writers and stewards had opened up a new PR front through Wahls resignation. And they succeeded with no shortage of help from an ossified media establishment struggling to maintain credibility in an increasingly anarchic online news environment. With isolated skeptics branded as useful idiots for Putin, the scene has been kept clean of neoconservative fingerprints, obscuring their interest in Wahls resignation and the broader push to deepen tensions with Russia.
Through interviews with six current RT employeesall Americans with no particular affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin or his policiesand an investigation into the political forces managing the spectacle, a story has emerged that stands in stark contrast to the one advanced by Wahl, her supporters and the mainstream American press.
It is the story, according to former colleagues, of an apolitical, deeply disgruntled employee seeking an exit strategy from a job where, sources say, she was disciplined for unprofessional behavior and had been demoted. Wahl did not return several voice and text messages sent to her cellphone.
At the center of the intrigue is a young neoconservative writer and activist who helped craft Wahls strategy and exploit her resignation to propel the agenda of a powerful pro-war lobby in Washington.
The story began at 5:07 p.m. Eastern time on March 5.
PR From PNAC 2.0
It was a full 19 minutes before Wahl resigned. Inside the offices of the Foreign Policy Initiative, a neoconservative think tank in Washington D.C., a staffer logged on to the groups Twitter account to announce the following:"
Full read here:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_cold_war-hungry_neocons_stage_managed_liz_wahls_resignation_20140319
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They know they need to get on the progressive wave bandwagon. They know what's going on
litlbilly
Jan 2016
#2
I'm not a fan of Russia or Putin, but I am a fan of diversity in news and of Thom Hartmann and
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#12
The mainstream media has just betrayed America. I can't stand to watch most of it.
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#23
RT doesn't have to tell Hartmann what to say AT ALL on his show for their easy to accomplish purpose
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#72
pootie has some jobs, things like posting on websites and stuff...shit, after 5-6K posts
snooper2
Jan 2016
#111
VOA is "boring". Yeah that's a reason to be a cheerleader for a fascist's personal TV station
uhnope
Jan 2016
#95
RT America is carried by Dish and Direct TV, I don't know about Comcast. Their shows
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#35
I watch RT USA on Dish and thought Direct TV carried it like they do FSTV, Free Speech TV
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#59
RT News is very much like Fox News, only with less conflict over their objectives.
cheapdate
Jan 2016
#24
Yeah & marginal liberals who fail go to RT the way loser GOP politicians go to RW talk radio
uhnope
Jan 2016
#98
Thanks! Can't keep a good man down, Go Big Ed! Great Bio/Background & Video in the RT article.
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#28
Given how many of them have revealed as defenders of Ted Cruze's honor I doubt they
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
#62
LOL, your posts crack me up, she is doing just fine, oh, and tweeted about this OP!
snooper2
Jan 2016
#112
Truthdig: How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahl’s Resignation
newthinking
Jan 2016
#115
Love Ed. He was reamed by the new owners of MSNBC. Dirtbags. Thank you for this good news. n/t
Judi Lynn
Jan 2016
#71
I have seen enough of Hartmann on Putin TV talking like a Democrat. Then he writes books
doc03
Jan 2016
#103