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Old 11-19-2011, 04:15 AM  
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Originally Posted by StickyGreen View Post
Those examples you gave aren't exactly a great illustration of RT being "anti-american." They are simply reporting on important issues. You call it "doom & gloom" while others simply call it "the truth."
Yet Fox News can report the truth yet still be overwhellinly in support of the right wing in their overal reporting trends.. CNN can do the same while being more to the left.

As which RT does it and is obviously pro Russian anti American establishment. Look at what I added to the bottom with my edit and the examples of their differences in military reporting.


If it's to do with the US it's about attacking, killing or build up of power. If it's about Russia's military it's about defense, business (ie growing economy) and testing new technology.

I mean a clear example in the difference is the article about the Russian missile that is guided by photo.. (something Us has had for years btw)

In regards to that missile their article title is about "testing" technology and defending against military build up in Europe.

Meanwhile when it comes to a new US missile the article headline is about "killing before you hear it". Another was titled the Pentagon can blow up hackers houses.. While the articles also cover the technology they also push the idea of US build up to attack.

I mean these are just single articles, but it's easy to see a general overall tone of the message when you look at the site as a whole.. Fox does, it, CNN does it Aljazeera does it.. every news source does it, so I'm not just singling out RT I'm just saying they are very far from being unbiased.

It just annoys me when people claim sites like Rt or aljazeera aren't bias because the message isn't the same as say CNN or Fox news. All of them are pushing their own agenda.

The agenda normally revolves around what their viewers "want" to hear. People aren't going to watch or read a news source that tells them what they don't want to hear so news is always bias for the audience they are catering to.

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