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==Criticisms of news content== ==Criticisms of news content==
===Allegations of supporting conspiracy theories===
Critics{{who}} have challenged the neutrality of RT's reporting and suggested that the channel has provided a platform to ].<ref> ''The Economist: Eastern Approaches'' 6 July 2010</ref> ] claims that Russia Today is a ] propaganda outlet featuring "fringe-dwelling experts" and "was just a way to stick it to the U.S. from behind the façade of legitimate newsgathering."<ref name="CJR">{{cite journal|last=Ioffe|first=Julia|journal=Columbia Journalism Review|year=2010|month=September/October|url=http://www.cjr.org/feature/what_is_russia_today.php}}</ref>

] criticized an interview between Alex Jones and Russia Today discussing ] and called Russia Today a "raw propaganda channel."<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Ben|title=Alex Jones on Russia Today|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0511/Alex_Jones_on_Russia_Today.html|newspaper=Politico|date=03-05-11}}</ref>

==Criticisms of coverage of specific news incidents== ==Criticisms of coverage of specific news incidents==
During the ] Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "he real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it."<ref> ''The Guardian, citing the ]'' 12 August 2008</ref> ] said that the claim of 2000 South Ossetian casualties, announced by Russia Today,<ref> ''Russia Today<i> 10 August 2008</ref> was "exaggerated."<ref> <i>The Guardian'' 13 August 2008</ref> The Moscow correspondent for ] said that Russia Today's coverage of the war was "obscene", claiming that the channel was "extraordinarily biased" and had "instructed reporters not to report from Georgian villages within South Ossetia that had been ethnically cleansed."<ref> ''The Independent'' 15 January 2010.</ref> During the ] Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "he real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it."<ref> ''The Guardian, citing the ]'' 12 August 2008</ref> ] said that the claim of 2000 South Ossetian casualties, announced by Russia Today,<ref> ''Russia Today<i> 10 August 2008</ref> was "exaggerated."<ref> <i>The Guardian'' 13 August 2008</ref> The Moscow correspondent for ] said that Russia Today's coverage of the war was "obscene", claiming that the channel was "extraordinarily biased" and had "instructed reporters not to report from Georgian villages within South Ossetia that had been ethnically cleansed."<ref> ''The Independent'' 15 January 2010.</ref>

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RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in Russia and funded by the Russian government.

Below are the controversies and criticisms of RT.

Criticisms of news content

Criticisms of coverage of specific news incidents

During the 2008 South Ossetia War Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "he real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it." Human Rights Watch said that the claim of 2000 South Ossetian casualties, announced by Russia Today, was "exaggerated." The Moscow correspondent for the Independent said that Russia Today's coverage of the war was "obscene", claiming that the channel was "extraordinarily biased" and had "instructed reporters not to report from Georgian villages within South Ossetia that had been ethnically cleansed."

Staff controversies

An article in The Daily Telegraph reported that alleged spy suspect Katia Zatuliveter was now working for RT.

See also

References

  1. Russian TV reporter resigns after station cancels his Georgian broadcasts The Guardian, citing the Moscow Times 12 August 2008
  2. Death toll in South Ossetia reaches 2,000 Russia Today 10 August 2008
  3. Russia exaggerating South Ossetian death toll, says human rights group The Guardian 13 August 2008
  4. From Russia with news The Independent 15 January 2010.
  5. "Russian spy suspect to work for Russian TV". The Daily Telegraph. 19-03-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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