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by ultraism 2435 days ago
RT covers factual news. They just choose to cover news that makes America, et al look bad and choose to not cover news that makes Russia look bad. Opinion pieces are of course opinions, not news, and are also usually pro-Russian policy opinions.
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hakfoo 2434 days ago
The value of a state run news service is that the bias is fairly obvious.

I know roughly who writes the cheques at thr BBC, RT, NHK, or DW.

With privately owned media, figuring out where they're not going to be impartial is a lot more subtle. Who's buying the ads? What other companies are owned by major shareholders or key staff?

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