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>> Their purpose is to pretend to be serious news outlets to amplify various social media phenomena by selectively reporting about them and repeating this over and over again, with the purpose of legitimizing the phenomenae. In comparison to major US outlets? I get what you're saying, and agree that they place a halo on Russia, but, I would argue instead that you can get a much more holistic view of what is actually happening in the West from RT than what's being sold you to us on a TV screen in the US. From what I've seen, it doesn't look like RT is sparking anything that isn't already brewing and should not be covered. There are very serious issues and changes brewing in France and all over Europe that OUR media is obscuring and even dismissing. For one example (of many), regarding the Yellow Vest situation, Paris is on the verge of open revolution, but, up until about a week ago, most of the US outlets, especially the liberal ones (sorry, but it's true), portrayed peace and harmony in France and would mention Macron as some kind of noble visionary in contrast to Trump - not once did I see a mention of how his polling numbers were precipitously dropping to the lowest in modern history, among a myriad of other indicators. That, to me, is propaganda. The word "division" is thrown a lot now, but conflict is inevitable, and I think the greater sin in our media has been obscuring issues behind a TV screen until things reach a climax. |
France24 reported that the number of protesters is slightly down and that the Netherlands have also had peaceful protests.
Times in UK reported that "hundreds of online accounts linked to Russia" were used to fire up the demonstrations. Disinformation and pictures of injured protesters from other events were used to tell a story of brutal French authorities.
Guess what RT and friends bring up in their reporting, and how they present it?