Russia Today still carrying water for Trump with misquoting and selective memory

[DetlefK]

https://www.rt.com/usa/355588-trump-obama-isis-founder/

Russia Today quotes US-General Flynn as saying that the rise of ISIS was a willfull decision of the Obama-administration. Except...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/08/10/former_dia_chief_michael_flynn_says_rise_of_isis_was_willful_decision_of_us_government.html
If you read his original answer, you will see that the Obama took the willful decision to arm the anti-Assad resistance and take the risk of them being islamic extremists. The decision was about taking the risk, not about intentionally supporting ISIS.


https://www.rt.com/usa/355621-cnn-fact-check-obama-isis-founder/

headline: "CNN called out for (incorrect) onscreen ‘fact check’ of Trump’s claim Obama founded ISIS"
Actual content of the article: The fact-check was incorrect. Al-Zawahiri founded ISIS, not Al-Baghdadi. (But nice suggestion that Trump's claim indeed was correct.)
Also, it's bad that this chyron-thing isn't being done to HRC.



Oh, btw, no mention of this whole "I was sarcastic but not really sarcastic"-thing on RT.

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And for the joke about assassinating HRC...

https://www.rt.com/usa/355303-trump-second-amendment-people/
RT is parroting the GOP-spin that "2nd Amendment" isn't code for "2nd Amendment-remedies", and that the "2nd Amendment-people" somehow have political power that will allow them to stop Hillary Clinton after the elections.

https://www.rt.com/usa/355522-trump-secret-service-cnn/
RT somehow fails to mention the ridiculous spin the GOP tried to put forth.








And... Russia says that Ukraine's war-games near the russian border (the russian border in question being CRIMEA) are an unacceptable provocation.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/355706-crimean-tragedy-olympic-games/
But apparently Russia staging war-games on the ukrainian border, in the midst of an ukrainian civil-war where Russia is a suspect, is fine.

[NurseJackie]

1. Glad that this is getting out! Thank you.

You know ... other than using links to illustrate who (and what) they are, it's my hope that one day soon, all links to RT produced and sponsored content will be banned. (Or, at the very least, highly suspect and socially unacceptable.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29

RT has frequently been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[12][13][14] and its foreign policy[12][14][15][16] by news reporters,[17] including former RT reporters.[18][19][20] RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation.[21][22][23][24] The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality, and of broadcasting "materially misleading" content.[25][26][27] RT states that it offers a Russian perspective on global events.[3]

[Historic NY]

2. What else would you expect from Putins state run propaganda network......