Russia Today - now in the UK, for the UK. Really.
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RT > BBC
I wouldn't expect anything less from people such as yourself.
Way too much of current news media is 'opinion news', where people give their view on the story, with interviewers interviewing each other when there's a lack of third parties to use.
I guess this is partly because of the demand for on the hour braking news on the hour by the hour every hour hourly updates to the latest hourly braking news stories of hourly importance!!!! Eventually even the most verbose presenters and reporters run out of things to say.
As for RT... well, look at russia - it's huge, so why the need to have more land/influence?
I know a lot of foreign news rhetoric is for the benefit of the maintaining the status quo for those in power; I listened to an article a while back about how putin has to be seen as 'hardline' otherwise there are those in the party who are much more hardline than he is who will chuck him out. But you have to remember he's an ex kgb man and all that goes with that, so whatever smiles he puts on for the cameras will not hide the fact.
As for having RT broadcast here, well.... know your enemy, as they say.
The last decade seems to show russia backsliding to the old ways of aggression and sabre rattling.
European indecision over these type of actions is cause for concern as we talk a lot, then talk some more, meanwhile russia annexes crimea and supports an insurgency in a mainland european country, but that's a whole other debate.
Troubling times.
These days I tend to avoid most news programs - they all seem to be very low frequency; I don't have the time in my life for that, beyond a cursory awareness *shrugs*
I guess this is partly because of the demand for on the hour braking news on the hour by the hour every hour hourly updates to the latest hourly braking news stories of hourly importance!!!! Eventually even the most verbose presenters and reporters run out of things to say.
As for RT... well, look at russia - it's huge, so why the need to have more land/influence?
I know a lot of foreign news rhetoric is for the benefit of the maintaining the status quo for those in power; I listened to an article a while back about how putin has to be seen as 'hardline' otherwise there are those in the party who are much more hardline than he is who will chuck him out. But you have to remember he's an ex kgb man and all that goes with that, so whatever smiles he puts on for the cameras will not hide the fact.
As for having RT broadcast here, well.... know your enemy, as they say.
The last decade seems to show russia backsliding to the old ways of aggression and sabre rattling.
European indecision over these type of actions is cause for concern as we talk a lot, then talk some more, meanwhile russia annexes crimea and supports an insurgency in a mainland european country, but that's a whole other debate.
Troubling times.
These days I tend to avoid most news programs - they all seem to be very low frequency; I don't have the time in my life for that, beyond a cursory awareness *shrugs*
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pick a side................. any side.
On another note, Aljazeera/reddit defo has the most interesting stories and where i tend to check the most. Other mates of mine constantly watch RT - I'm personally not in to the "America bashing" - yeah they can be ***** at times but all the time?
RT - nice woman tho - not a surprise.
On another note, Aljazeera/reddit defo has the most interesting stories and where i tend to check the most. Other mates of mine constantly watch RT - I'm personally not in to the "America bashing" - yeah they can be ***** at times but all the time?
RT - nice woman tho - not a surprise.
The attitude that the Ukraine pustch isn't fascist and didn't scare the easterners into rebelling against the new government that hates them is revealing just how much British news has become propaganda.
There is no expansionist Russia just a desperate US state dept that thought they could punish Russia for supporting Assad by taking their Crimean bases, Assad who like Gaddafi had done far less damage to their own population than the fascist attack on the rebellious east in the Ukraine.
We and the USA destabilised syria, Libya and then Ukraine for typiclly dirty reasons protecting the petro dollar and helping Likud win ellections in Israel.
There is no expansionist Russia just a desperate US state dept that thought they could punish Russia for supporting Assad by taking their Crimean bases, Assad who like Gaddafi had done far less damage to their own population than the fascist attack on the rebellious east in the Ukraine.
We and the USA destabilised syria, Libya and then Ukraine for typiclly dirty reasons protecting the petro dollar and helping Likud win ellections in Israel.
hop off
You might want to check the BBC's Charter - EVERYTHING has to be vetted first by the foriegn office - it's nothing but a mouthpiece for our government.
In other words - just as biased as the rest towards its owners.
Never I don't believe it!
I mean its not like the bbc kept the lid on Jimmy Saville sexually abusing hundreds of kids over several decades.
OH WAIT!
Russian's seems more happy than most British I know.
*** just no *** - will gill
If you think the leaders of syria and libya have done less damage damage to their own people than the events (regardless of what side you think holds the moral right to do what they do) taking place in Ukraine, then you've totally failed to understand the reality of the majority of arab/middle eastern dictatorships who's regime stability relied almost entirely upon the brutal repression of their own people for decades - this includes murder, execution, torture and imprisonment and any number of what we would term 'human rights abuses'. It's high on the list of why most of our governments refused to talk publicly with these countries despots, amongst other reasons.
Let that sink in for a moment.... brutal repression for decades.
Now look at what you said.
If you cannot see why what you stated appears to others to be utter stupidity, and your level best response to my criticism reaches the dizzy heights of a four letter expletive, then any further reasoning will be lost on you, I'm afraid.
If you think the leaders of syria and libya have done less damage damage to their own people than the events (regardless of what side you think holds the moral right to do what they do) taking place in Ukraine, then you've totally failed to understand the reality of the majority of arab/middle eastern dictatorships who's regime stability relied almost entirely upon the brutal repression of their own people for decades - this includes murder, execution, torture and imprisonment and any number of what we would term 'human rights abuses'. It's high on the list of why most of our governments refused to talk publicly with these countries despots, amongst other reasons.
Let that sink in for a moment.... brutal repression for decades.
Now look at what you said.
thep02 said:
If you cannot see why what you stated appears to others to be utter stupidity, and your level best response to my criticism reaches the dizzy heights of a four letter expletive, then any further reasoning will be lost on you, I'm afraid.
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I watch RT as much as I do BBC, Sky, etc and whilst there is definitely a lot of criticism aimed at the west, a lot of it is quite justified. Just stuff that the BBC chooses to quietly sweep under the rug. Anyone who thinks the BBC doesn't have a heavily biased agenda is deluding themselves.
It depends what kind of "happy".
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/russian-men-losing-years-to-vodka
"Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and about 10% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category."
Ah but they've got the reincarnation of Hercules fighting the west and wrestling bars whilst bareback riding and catching trout with his bear hands.
What's not to be happy about when your media is increasingly and totally controlled (including IIRC bloggers having to register now).
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