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Related: About this forumHow Hilarious Is Putin TV (RT) Propaganda? Bill Clinton's ‘NeoCon,’ Ukraine Opposition Like Taliban
Among those who RT recently selected to lend legitimacy to its provocative and destabilizing actions included British MP George Galloway an RT host who also broadcasts on an Iranian propaganda network and has had nothing but lovely things to say about paragons like Saddam Hussein, Yassir Arafat, Hezbollah, and Hamas Voice of Russia reporter Dimitry Babich, and Huffington Post and Examiner.com reporter Michael Hughes.
Introducing his subject, RT host Peter Lavelle set a tone so one-sided that would have made Father Charles Coughlin blush. The population of Crimea votes to decide its legal right to self-determination, he began. How did it come to this? Is it because of the Western-backed coup that has brought fascist to power, or NATOs relentless drive East? Is all of this a sideshow to undermine Russias legitimate security interests?
He seemed unfazed by the fact that he represented all sides of the debate by offering only one side of the debate. Hughes was perhaps the worst of this motley lot, casting about for enemies on both the American left and the right. He asserted that neo-fascists have assumed control in Ukraine; that Ukraines opposition are akin to the Taliban in that they are merely an ally of convenience against Russia; and that Hillary Clinton is a radical and Bill Clinton is a neo-con.
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Enrique
(27,461 posts)i wonder if it will be as hilarious as American propaganda?
newthinking
(3,982 posts)another culture's viewpoint.
Crosstalk, in general, is representing a Russian viewpoint. The host obviously only wants to represent that viewpoint. But really, given that the western viewpoint is not only universally repeated throughout mass media, what is actually so innapropriate about a country or culture wanting to have a voice in the world debate?
I don't think you can honestly evaluate Crosstalk as propaganda. It is a particular viewpoint.
It is more a reflection of the watcher's own bias that will determine if it looks "extreme" or not. Right wingers will watch a liberal show that is actually fairly accurate and informational and in their mind it will be "propaganda" due to their mindset. Same thing goes for people who have fully embraced cold war propaganda and the often innacurate and at times dishonest a portaits in western media.
This appears like propaganda to those who are well invested in the western bias. But to someone who is open minded they can see that while the views will be strong and often from an alternative viewpoint, that it is just that, and thus they will make their own judgement on the merits thereof.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)newthinking
(3,982 posts)I wonder how many additional views have been been added?
I had not seen this crossfire and watched it.