Baxter Parp Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said: Fox News or CNN Two channels diametrically opposed to each other politically and with wildly different journalistic standards. Your opinion should be severely discounted. Edited March 20, 2018 by Baxter Parp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) The puppet on the left opposes the puppet on the right, hey wait a minute there's only one hand, as Bill Hicks used to put it. If there's a war that the US military is involved in even MSBNC remains very much on message from a Pentagon standpoint and will do things like firing Phil Donohue. The Vietnam War era where dissent was tolerated in media terms and there were limited attempts to question the official Pentagon line is long gone. The US corporate media is every bit as biased as RT when the perceived national interests of the US are involved and good luck hearing any input on current events from that source from somebody like Noam Chomsky, who regularly speaks truth to power in an American context. Edited March 20, 2018 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Jesse Ventura on the long-haired American? Abby Martin's Breaking the Set was really good, but she spoke truth to power about the antics of the little green men in Crimea with the inevitable outcome in career terms. That whole episode showed that RT was just the mirror image of Pentagon propaganda outlets like Fox News or CNN. If Alex Salmond has any integrity he won't last long on that channel for similar reasons. No not Jesse Ventura. This is a younger guy. The programme was dreadful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: The puppet on the left opposes the puppet on the right, hey wait a minute there's only one hand, as Bill Hicks used to put it. If there's a war that the US military is involved in even MSBNC remains very much on message from a Pentagon standpoint and will do things like firing Phil Donohue. The Vietnam War era where dissent was tolerated in media terms and there were limited attempts to question the official Pentagon line is long gone. The US corporate media is every bit as biased as RT when the perceived national interests of the US are involved and good luck hearing any input on current events from that source from somebody like Noam Chomsky, who regularly speaks truth to power in an American context. And regularly appears on RT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This is the guy I was talking about. I think that's canned laughter... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 That guy is extremely unfunny. Actually much of the RT USA output is weird, catering for a weird audience I suppose. A lot of RT programs are produced by independent companies (like Salmond's), which have editorial independence so are usually accompanied by a disclaimer saying these views are not RT's etc. I watch a few programs and docs on it and also find the news coverage generally very good. The standard of the 'MSM' news media has nosedived into an abyss in the past few years. Ours is bad enough here but the big US channels are completely unwatchable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest of Dean Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Zetterlund said: I watch a few programs and docs on it and also find the news coverage generally very good. The standard of the 'MSM' news media has nosedived into an abyss in the past few years. Ours is bad enough here but the big US channels are completely unwatchable. They do specialise in fear porn regarding Western countries though. It gives you another side for sure and will contain stories you certainly wouldn't hear on the BBC but you have to take it with some of realism that they have a vested interest in portraying the US and the UK etc. in a bad light. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 19 hours ago, Baxter Parp said: Two channels diametrically opposed to each other politically and with wildly different journalistic standards. Your opinion should be severely discounted. What if I told you that there was no left or right. Just rich and poor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, BawWatchin said: What if I told you that there was no left or right. Just rich and poor? Which channel do the poor watch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Baxter Parp said: Which channel do the poor watch? It doesn't matter. They're all designed to pander to the rich elite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 11 hours ago, Forest of Dean said: They do specialise in fear porn regarding Western countries though. It gives you another side for sure and will contain stories you certainly wouldn't hear on the BBC but you have to take it with some of realism that they have a vested interest in portraying the US and the UK etc. in a bad light. In recent years the US and the UK seem bizarrely willing to make that an easy task. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest of Dean Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 26 minutes ago, Antlion said: In recent years the US and the UK seem bizarrely willing to make that an easy task. Absolutely. However when watching RT it's important to realise it has an agenda from the other side of the argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, BawWatchin said: It doesn't matter. They're all designed to pander to the rich elite. There you go, folks, it doesn't matter which channel Salmond's show is on. Thread closed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 15 hours ago, Forest of Dean said: They do specialise in fear porn regarding Western countries though. It gives you another side for sure and will contain stories you certainly wouldn't hear on the BBC but you have to take it with some of realism that they have a vested interest in portraying the US and the UK etc. in a bad light. What do you think we've been getting hammered with re Russia the last ten days? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastermind Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Oh dear, things really have gone downhill for wee Eck since he was emptied by the Tories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 There is mastermintering afoot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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G-MAN Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 WTF is going on with Clegg’s tweets tonight ? Press are going to hang Alex tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 No more itchy udders with MASTERMINT -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Had a look at the Records online page and no mention of it anywhere, they have a ned greeting about a facepack getting removed and trump as their main political story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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