US Moscow Embassy's "Whose Propaganda Do You Trust?" Poll Blows Up In Face | Zero Hedge

In the latest in a long list of Social Media embarrassment's for the status quo administrations around the world, Will Stevens - spokesman for the US Embassy in Moscow - unleashed the following tweet...

Russia Today teaches us "How to Write Propaganda" https://t.co/JFwwINCUXo #Poll, whom do you trust? RT for @theEconomist, Fav for @RT_com
— Will Stevens (@WBStevens) January 30, 2015

The response needs no further commentary.

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Bolivian President Praises RT for Being the Voice of Developing Countries / Sputnik International

The Russian channel RT has become the voice of the people and the revolutionaries, it deserves admiration, Bolivian President Evo Morales recently remarked in response to statements made by the US Broadcasting Board of Governors' CEO Andrew Lack, who had named the channel, along with Islamic State militants, as the main challenge facing his agency.

RT Under Attack for Challenging US Media’s Foreign Policy Narrative

MOSCOW, January 30 (Sputnik) – Bolivian President Morales has called the Russian television channel RT the voice of revolutionaries and of the peoples of the world, and stated that it deserves admiration.

"When the media turns into the voice of the people, especially in the voice of revolutionaries, there are those people and the media, who will judge them and falsify the truth," Morales told RT. "This media is the voice of the developing countries, the voice of the peoples of the world, and it deserves our admiration."

Despite smear campaigns, misrepresentation of facts, and outright lies, such media should continue their work to give the microphone to the peoples of the world, added the Bolivian head of state.

His comments follow statements made last week by the CEO of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Andrew Lack, who labelled RT as one of the main challenges to his agency, along with radical militant groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram.

Complete story at - Bolivian President Praises RT for Being the Voice of Developing Countries / Sputnik International

Lawmaker Urges Kiev to Wage TV-War Against RT / Sputnik International

Talka notes: I do believe these idiots have some kind of contest going on. Who can say the most stupid and illogical nonsense. I mean, seriously? They think policy makers in the west are getting their news from RT? Hasn't he ever heard of the BBC?

According to Ukrainian lawmaker Borislav Bereza, the country is seriously damaged by the lack of a strategic information policy as most European lawmakers get information about Ukraine from Russia Today.

MOSCOW, January 29 (Sputnik) — Ukrainian parliamentarian Borislav Bereza believes that his European counterparts receive information from "pro-Kremlin" media and insists on the creation of a Ukrainian information channel in the West, according to his post on his Facebook page.

According to the lawmaker, Ukraine is seriously damaged by the lack of a strategic information policy as most European lawmakers get information about Ukraine from Russia Today. Bereza proposed to establish an alternative to the channel in the form of "a weekly distribution of photo and video evidence to all PACE delegations via Internet".

"Europe has a little knowledge about us [Ukraine]. Information is provided mostly by pro-Kremlin channel. <…> We need to create our own channel in the West," he wrote.

He also said such a project required a lot of money and is "an issue of international support".

In addition, Ukrainian Minister of Information Policy Yuri Stets said he would seek to ban Russia Today's broadcasting rights in the European Union.

Complete story at - Lawmaker Urges Kiev to Wage TV-War Against RT / Sputnik International

‘Mr. Kerry, let’s talk about Fox News, BBC and Al-Jazeera bullhorns’ — RT Op-Edge

This is information war, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar told RT, commenting on John Kerry’s attack against RT. If you have an alternative script like RT you are banned, because they are afraid, he added.

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticized RT for its coverage of the Ukraine crisis on Thursday, calling it a “propaganda bullhorn,” adding that Russia was behind the unrest in Ukraine without providing any evidence.

RT: Quite strong words from the US Secretary of State regarding this channel. Why do you think he's singled out RT when commenting on the Ukrainian crisis?

Pepe Escobar: Looks like RT is ruffling very important feathers in the US. So the strong words RT program – oh, network… maybe program - just like the Iraq war: “I'm a guest there and then I'm home.” This is the top US diplomat speaking. It's ghost-written of course, he did not write these words himself. He didn't even know what he was reading. Let me have some strong words as well. Let's talk about bullhorns. Let's talk about Fox News as a private US bullhorn for the most demented extreme right-wing factions in the US. Let's talk about BBC as a state-owned British bullhorn for MI5, the Foreign Office and 10 Downing Street. Let's talk about Al-Jazeera as a state-owned bullhorn for Qatari petro-dollar foreign policy. So, Mr. Secretary of State, I have a proposition for you. Maybe strong words [those are], I can use my soft side as well. Instead of bull-horns and RT program and whining like a kid, why don't you visit one of RT’s offices, like in Washington, DC, your town for instance, and then we can discuss geopolitics and American foreign policy among adults, among grown-ups and not among the whining children, groupies and cheerleaders? You may be surprised, you may even learn something.

Complete story at - ‘Mr. Kerry, let’s talk about Fox News, BBC and Al-Jazeera bullhorns’ — RT Op-Edge