Reuters, BBC participated in UK FCO's project to weaken Russia: report

[Professor Emeritus]

Yeah, I have a problem with state sanctioned media efforts run in secret, you don't?
Article states it was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Reuters Foundation is that a lie?
News organizations shouldn't be promoting anything they should be reporting facts and they definitely shouldn't be doing it with a secret program in conjunction with British government. It's like as long as it's against Russia it's OK? That's not a principled journalistic argument.

The lie was claiming this made them propagandists somehow.

And isn't the guy writing the story a long-time RT guy? And don't they try to deny that RT is a Russian propaganda effort? So doesn't that make it an actual state-run propaganda program done in secret, as opposed to this cultural exchange program to promote better journalistic standards?

Is your problem a news organization running a program to promote better standards of journalism, or just who they accepted funding from to do it?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The lie was claiming this made them propagandists somehow.

And isn't the guy writing the story a long-time RT guy? And don't they try to deny that RT is a Russian propaganda effort? So doesn't that make it an actual state-run propaganda program done in secret, as opposed to this cultural exchange program to promote better journalistic standards?

Is your problem a news organization running a program to promote better standards of journalism, or just who they accepted funding from to do it?

It wouldn't have been propaganda If it wasn't secret. Writing articles about Russia like an uninterested party when it was the opposite is below the journalistic standard they claim to carry. That's my problem.
Oh what's the secret? What has been revealed about RT and Max Blumenthal's relationship that was formerly hidden? The long time RT guy has also written for The Nation, the NYT, and LA Times so I hope they aren't hiring people with an inherent bias toward Russia.
Also, Larry King, Ed Schultz, Chris Hedges, Jesse The Body Ventura and Lee Camp all broadcast there and only heard them claim their content was not interfered with. Why RT wanted them on their platform I have never heard a comment either way.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

It wouldn't have been propaganda If it wasn't secret. Writing articles about Russia like an uninterested party when it was the opposite is below the journalistic standard they claim to carry. That's my problem.

Are we reading different stories? What "articles" are you talking about? The article I read shows they ran a program to improve journalistic standards among Russian journalists, it says nothing about articles regarding Russia.

Oh what's the secret? What has been revealed about RT and Max Blumenthal's relationship that was formerly hidden? The long time RT guy has also written for The Nation, the NYT, and LA Times so I hope they aren't hiring people with an inherent bias toward Russia.

The issue is that RT claims not to be a Russian propaganda mouthpiece, and Max co-signs that claim, even though you well know it to be false. So why is it okay for him to work for a media outlet that's hiding it's state backing and propaganda intent? And didn't he used to work for another outlet that was blatantly pro-Assad?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Are we reading different stories? What "articles" are you talking about? The article I read shows they ran a program to improve journalistic standards among Russian journalists, it says nothing about articles regarding Russia.





The issue is that RT claims not to be a Russian propaganda mouthpiece, and Max co-signs that claim, even though you well know it to be false. So why is it okay for him to work for a media outlet that's hiding it's state backing and propaganda intent? And didn't he used to work for another outlet that was blatantly pro-Assad?

You think Larry King and Jesse the Body Ventura are Russian propagandists?
We see here a media company taking money to interfere in foreign journalism in secret but even I don't think everyone who works @ Reuters is 'in on it' and lacks integrity. Apply that to RT, I like and respect Chris Hedges and don't think he is pressing Russian propaganda on his show despite whatever purposes other people involved may have.
If this was done so innocently why wasn't it public? They weren't just spreading a righteous journalism message, they were cultivating Russian journalists to be pro-UK in Russian publications.
I'm really just looking at the info presented, I'm not doing a deep dive on Max Blumenthal. He's small potatoes compared to fukkin' Reuters who you want to excuse for what reason again?