Talk:RT

Russian version of Fox News
You can say it's the Russian version of Fox News.But if you filter the bullshit ,you can still get a pretty good info you won't find in any western media. Sportsbetting (talk) 22:16, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * So, in other words, not like Fox Noise, as Fox Noise is 100% bullshit. 22:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * RT is actually one of the best things going, along with the English service of Al Jazeera, both of which I pick up as sub-channels on digital over the air TV. Yes their coverage of Russia and neighboring countries (e.g. Georgia) is considerably biased and I have seen them bring on Gerald Celente and Webster Griffin Tarpley as dubious "experts".  But their coverage outside of Russia is far better than anything one gets from the obsequiously timid ass-kissing U.S. media.  It is ironic that RT, Al Jazeera and even shortwave propaganda outlets like Radio Havana Cuba are better sources for news offline, as the U.S. media is either Fox, networks trying to imitate Fox, and other networks playing the loyal opposition to Fox.  Then again, that's what the web is for. It does help to hear a variety of different angles and to have a good bullshit filter in place with all these sources. Secret Squirrel (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * We must be seeing different RT then (or you need more BBC). Even on stories where I completely agree with the RT line (e.g. anti-ACTA), their Fox News-like presentation is so utterly, blatantly spinning it's hideous. Being interviewed by them is also fucking weird - during the Wikipedia SOPA blackout I had the guy in their US office (a Russian with a nearly perfect American accent) trying really hard to get me to give him the quote he'd prewritten. I have asked other people about this (in Wikimedia and out) and they report the same thing. Some refuse ever to speak to them again after they just made shit completely up in the resulting piece. This is not a Russian thing, it's an RT thing - I've dealt with NTV, for example, and they're really just normal. RT is a state-sponsored Fox News - David Gerard (talk) 10:40, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

RT is even worse then Fox News as it is delivered by a federal government. Despite Fox News' popularity, it's still a private corporation that isn't funded or directed by the government. And as bad as Fox News is, RT goes above and beyond in their propaganda because they shape the things they will report on based upon what Putin wants. They won't even report on anything bad with the Russian government, or anything good that the West does. At least on Fox (which I dislike a lot, by the way) will report on these things even if they try to spin them afterwards. And I also don't think Fox tries at all to hide it's Republican bias, while RT tries desperately to look as if it's real media. RT lies, obfuscates, ignores important topics if the Kremlin doesn't agree with them and gives way too much attention to small topics if they fit the RT agenda.

Max Keiser
I think we need a Max Keiser article.He's the cult leader...i mean host of the Keiser Report.That program is so blatantly biased,i'm surprised that i haven't seem him torch the US flag or throwing darts at a picture of Buffett on their show yet.The secrets of his success is probably because he's known for going mental and shouting live on the show while bashing some American political figure or businessman.Since i'm not an economist,i don't feel like commenting on the economic truthfulness of their economic commentaries and the ˝experts˝ (mostly some no-name bloggers),who are being regularly called on the show.Maybe there is someone here with a higher expertize who's familiar with the show.I see there's already Gerald Celente article who's frequently associated with Keiser as well --Sportsbetting (talk) 21:16, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Interesting source
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-the-truth-is-made-at-russia-today - David Gerard (talk) 13:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Expression of Systemic Bias?
I can't pull up sources, but from what I think RT isn't just a simple mouthpiece, but an expression of the overall Russian method of thinking. While you don't run across such outright quackery on the ORT and he VTRK family of channels, second-line federal channels (e.g. REN-TV) are just as prone to conspiracy theory mass production. I think it's important to consider Pipes's five assumptions of conspirological thought (appearances deceive; conspiracies drive history; nothing is haphazard; the enemy always gains; power, fame, money, and sex account for all), which are deeply ingrained in the Russian psychology after centuries of backroom power dealing and paranoia regarding encroaching foreign powers.

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 * Sign because it's polite when visiting someone else's patch to do as they politely ask you, also dating enables bots to archive stuff. Scream!! (talk) 12:00, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I know I am replying to a post that’s 7 years old, but there is no such thing as “Russian method of thinking”. It’s like saying that radio and newspapers of Nazi Germany were “German method of thinking”. All the above mentioned channels are junk not because of “Russian thinking”, but because they were turned into low-quality propaganda sources for serving the needs of Putin’s authoritarian regime. They don’t care about facts, they are getting paid to lie, spread fake news, so Russians would believe that they are surrounded by external and internal enemies and Putin is their only hope, also make people in the West distrust their governments, lose faith in democracy, and provoke hostility between various layers of western society. There is decent Russian media (which is never government-owned) that does not spread conspiracy theories and checks the facts, the said truth is that all independent media is under big pressure in Russia. These media either face direct censorship, or are being taken over by Putin’s oligarchs and face internal censorship, or being shut down. Juras14 (talk) 21:55, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

RT has created a wikipedia clone 'russiapedia'
The articles are written by "RT correspondent's" and contain no citations/references. It would be nice to include this in the main RT article.

http://russiapedia.rt.com/

Why Alex won't be appearing on RT any longer
I haven't the stomach to watch this man talk anymore, but it appears Alex won't be consulted on RT anymore (which he used to be, VERY fucking regularly). Apparently the following clip with Alex contains an explanation as to why he won't be on there anymore. RT also seems to have done some bad press on him recently; quite unlike them, who used to have him on as an "expert" (lmao). Anyone here have the guts to look into this, watch Alex' clip, and tell me why there's a scuffle? Reverend Black Percy (talk) 12:25, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Benefits of foreign new outlets
I am glad there are foreign news outlets. Societies and cultures go through periods of blindness about different issues. So it's good to get an outside perspective. But I readily concede that Russia is an authoritarian regime that has done plenty of misdeeds.

There is also the dirty laundry aspect of the news and governments surpressing their misdeeds. When I read American news outlets, there typically isn't articles like Papers reveal what CIA did to captives in Afghanistan.

The CIA has a history of infiltrating and influencing the media. One example is Operation Mockingbird. FDTU (talk) 01:45, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Besides, if it wasn't for RT.com, I wouldn't know that Germany is a failed state and that the Russians don't have a drinking problem. LOL! FDTU (talk) 02:49, 8 December 2021 (UTC)