I'm a Former Russian TV Anchor. Fox News Mimics State TV.

[demmiblue]

Working in a Russian newsroom nearly a decade ago prepared me for modern day America. In both environments, conspiracy theories, false equivalencies, and half-truths infect the discourse and deform reality. In this current environment, truth and fact struggle to break through the paranoid and misinformed noise.

One thing that is clear to me: Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson, along with other right-wing media figures, are at times indistinguishable from the propaganda on my former network, RT, a Kremlin-funded cable news channel that eagerly uses American voices to push a pro-Russia agenda.

Among the Americans that currently host television shows on RT are a range of voices on the extreme ends of the left-right ideological spectrum. Scottie Nell Hughes, a former pro-Trump pundit on CNN and Fox News, hosts a show that claims to provide unbiased coverage, while Canadian actor William Shatner hosts a program where he uses his star power to interview other celebrities like astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Far-left journalist Chris Hedges, meanwhile, hosts a show featuring “dissident voices,” ostensibly dedicated to the cause of anti-imperialism, yet has failed to even mention Russia’s actual attempted authoritarian land grab of a democracy.

Other American voices frequently amplified on RT include former Democratic congresswoman-turned-CPAC speaker Tulsi Gabbard, libertarian politician Ron Paul, and his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—all of whom share foreign policy positions that Russia now finds beneficial to amplify.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/im-a-former-russian-tv-anchor-right-wing-media-mimics-russian-media

[Irish_Dem]

1. Fox News is the propaganda arm of PutinGOP.

When will we face the fact that Putin owns half our government?

[gab13by13]

4. Yup, I call them Putin's Party.

Every Republican needs to be tied to Trump to Putin to Russia to Fox to autocracy.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Thank you! YES YES YES

I don't know why PutinGOP is getting a pass.
And few are making the connection.

[MerryHolidays]

2. As some have already pointed out

...I am curious about the financial sanctions on Russia: will we see a decrease in Russian propaganda from seemingly "neutral" sources. A few DUers have mentioned that they are seeing far less in the way of Russian trolling on certain websites.

[Scrivener7]

3. William Shatner??? How could he?

[multigraincracker]

5. Then there is this....

[RussBLib]

6. free speech, eh?

Fomenting an insurrection, as Fox, OAN, and Newsmax have done, should be the equivalent of yelling "fire" in a packed movie theater