That does not mean I trust RT. I don't watch RT much, but I have seen excerpts from it that were blatant lies.
I wholeheartedly agree with Thom Hartmann that Fox News lies.
It is sad that news media, whether it be Fox or RT is allowed to lie and never have to back up its "so-called news" with evidence. But that is the price we pay for the First Amendment, and the price is, in my view, worth it.
In reading your comment, I am reminded of the firing of Dan Rather from, was it CBS?
CBS fired Dan Rather for not corroborating the facts behind a story. Unfortunately, CBS was not so picky, not so discerning in its stories leading to the Iraq War. The reporters who repeated the utter lies of the Bush administration kept their jobs as thousands died. That's just one example of the sloppy reporting that passes as "news" in our American media.
No one expects much of RT. It has some good programs like Thom Hartmann.
If our media were concerned about presenting various sides of issues and not just the corporate/establishment side, an American TV channel would have the courage to pick up Thom Hartmann and give him time along with the likes of some of the utterly bigoted and loud right-wingers that people the TV screens and radio receivers across the nation.
Thom Hartmann's video above is well taken. The written comment on the OP is, I fear, irrelevant and misleading to people who do not have audio reception. What is good for Fox is good for RT. It's viewer and listener beware because, as Thom Hartmann says, no media is required to be honest in America. They are all permitted to lie. It's free speech.
I prefer Thom Hartmann's free speech to Fox's. How about you, uhnope?
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