Russia Today

getoutadodge · 08-03-2022 2:48am

Mackay's the Madness of Crowds soon to be memoryholed.....

ODriscoll · 12-03-2022 12:17am

Both sides have enough of their populaces convinced they are seeing or reading more truth.

like many here convinced the other side is much worse.

Evidence does not credibly suggest so!

For example

1st Gulf war

300 babies removed from incubators and murdered by Iraqi troops.

25 mins in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2S8qvTvPWY

ODriscoll · 12-03-2022 12:20am

How False Testimony and a Massive U.S. Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush’s War on Iraq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkRylMGLPMU

Russia Today is selective news / propaganda.

But so is most of what you watch, supposed news that has you convinced of something you have not actually witnessed! like enough of the Russians you just want to, need to believe!

liamtech · 18-03-2022 10:50am

Its Official: Ofcom has revoked RT's license in the UK

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/ofcom-revokes-rt-broadcast-licence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/rt-uk-broadcasting-licence-kremlin-backed-tv-channel-ofcom

Obviously it had previously been removed from most TV delivery services - but the removal of its license is the final nail in the coffin.

18-03-2022 11:15am

Western media will make mistakes, especially in a 'first to get the news' kinda way. This is completely different to the likes of RT which is specifically tasked with peddaling government lies.

In comparison RTÉ and the BBC are completely different animals. An objective blind man on the far side of the moon wearing shades can see this. So, you're wasting your time Irish surname poster.

myfreespirit · 18-03-2022 11:33am

Seven thousand Russian families plunged into mourning as a result of a criminal war:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/is-an-outright-russian-military-victory-in-ukraine-possible

Estimates have been published that up to 7000 Russian soldiers have died already in Putin's insane attack on Ukraine, not to mention the horrendous death toll of innocent Ukrainian civilians killed by indiscriminate shelling and bombing by Russian forces.

This is Russia Today - a sad legacy of autocratic rule by a pitiless murderer.

Manach · 21-03-2022 12:28am

This is a poor precedent. While RT is a tool of the Russian state, having the EU ( and now British) authorities remove it is an overreach that rolls back press freedom that took centuries to build. Once, the fledging media could only print what was approved for dissemination to the public (source: Writing on the Wall by Standage) and this is not a state we should aspire to.

liamtech · 21-03-2022 11:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118812158#Comment_118812158

Normally i would agree with you - but in all honesty take a look at the clip i posted a while back (liberation day). This is not a news station. Its pure propaganda and distortion. I find GBNews and Fox detestable personally but these are spin stations. Certainly i acknowledge too that CNN and BBC can be considered to do some spinning of their own. but RT sincerely crossed a line, and i cannot see any value in having them transmit using European Satellites or TV broadcast infrastructure - at the end of the day the stations are still available online so - those that specifically feed of RT, can still get their fix

Keeping RT would be the equivalent of allowing Neo Nazis to publish their news papers in Germany and Europe - we wouldnt allow that - and we shouldnt, IMHO

Dohnjoe · 21-03-2022 12:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118812158#Comment_118812158

Russia today is not "press" by any stretch. It's the equivalent to a troll factory wearing the guise of being a news station. If sites and authorities want to suspend it during the war, which is directly helped to promote, I see no issue with that.

Manach · 21-03-2022 6:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118813283#Comment_118813283

And might I inquire what formal war is the EU currently involved in and who are the relevant authorities to decide what might / might not be news fit to print. their standing if one uses the language of law. By failing to adequeting qualfiying this and not understanding the long contensious struggle it had been up to this point to allow even dubious sources like RT to exist then this is an example of never letting a good crisis go to waste.

KieferFan69 · 21-03-2022 6:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118722299#Comment_118722299

She is really fine, just my type

Dohnjoe · 21-03-2022 6:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118815173#Comment_118815173

ISIS had an online "news" channel. Would you support that being on the air and available to everyone?

Governments in modern democracies have to defend the public from harmful disinformation and hate speech in the same way they have to protect free speech and the free press. A dangerous Kremlin mouthpiece masquerading as "news" has been suspended/banned, a country is being invaded and people are being slaughtered based on the lies it spreads, and apart from the odd online comment I don't see a large outpouring of support for it to be reinstated. Russia, where the channel originated, is free to continue broadcasting it to their hearts content.

Brussels Sprout · 21-03-2022 7:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118815186#Comment_118815186

Aren't you the same guy who started a thread in After Hours about obsession with Priti Patel?

I think you have a type and it appears to be fascist, darker skinned, brunettes.

KieferFan69 · 21-03-2022 7:56pm

I do like dark hair and sallow skin yes

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300 babies removed from incubators and murdered by Iraqi troops.