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In a 2010 television episode of Crosstalk Lavelle was berated by the show’s guests after he stated that the people who perpetrated the [[September 11 attacks]] were not "fundamentalists."<ref name=vonTwichel>{{cite news|last=von Twickel|first=Nikolaus|title=Russia Today courts viewers with controversy|url=http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/23/230310_rt.html|newspaper=Moscow Times|date=March 23, 2010}}</ref> One guest, journalist [[Douglas Murray (author)|Douglas Murray]], wrote on his blog "I've never encountered a more incompetent presenter."<ref>{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Douglas|title=Russia Today, Putin and the 9/11 nutters|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/douglasmurray/100026122/russia-today-putin-and-the-911-nutters/|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=February 15th, 2010}}</ref> Lavelle later said the show was a "fiasco" because he lacked a "balanced pair of experts."<ref name=vonTwichel/> |
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In an August 2010 online interview, Peter Lavelle characterized his journalism as "dissent" in an American tradition that is being forsaken in the land of its birth. He denies allegations of Kremlin spin-doctoring, saying Russia Today's main aim is to "ask our audience one basic thing: Question More."<ref name=interview2>{{cite web | url=http://www.darussophile.com/2010/08/09/interview-peter-lavelle/ | title=Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today) | publisher=Da Russophile | accessdate=2012-09-03 }}</ref> |
In an August 2010 online interview, Peter Lavelle characterized his journalism as "dissent" in an American tradition that is being forsaken in the land of its birth. He denies allegations of Kremlin spin-doctoring, saying Russia Today's main aim is to "ask our audience one basic thing: Question More."<ref name=interview2>{{cite web | url=http://www.darussophile.com/2010/08/09/interview-peter-lavelle/ | title=Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today) | publisher=Da Russophile | accessdate=2012-09-03 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:56, 27 September 2012
Peter J. Lavelle is host of CrossTalk, a television program of the English language channels of the Russia-based, government-funded[1] global multilingual television news network RT (formerly "Russia Today") based in Russia.[2] Lavelle, from California is now based in Moscow.[3] Prior to CrossTalk, Peter Lavelle hosted at RT's “IMHO” (In My Humble Opinion) and “In Context.”[4]
Biography
Lavelle received a B.A. in International Economic Relations, an M.A. in European history, and a Ph.D. in Studies in European Economic History from the University of California, Davis. He was a Fulbright Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.[5] He has been living in Eastern Europe and Russia for over 25 years, working as a lecturer at the University of Warsaw, a market researcher for Colgate-Palmolive, and an investment analyst for brokerage firms, including Russia’s Alfa Bank. He has contributed articles to a number of publications including Asia Times Online, The Moscow Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, United Press International, In The National Interest, and Current History[4] Lavelle also was the author of "Untimely Thoughts", an electronic newsletter.[3]
Controversy
In an August 2010 online interview, Peter Lavelle characterized his journalism as "dissent" in an American tradition that is being forsaken in the land of its birth. He denies allegations of Kremlin spin-doctoring, saying Russia Today's main aim is to "ask our audience one basic thing: Question More."[6]
In 2010 Chairman of the U.S. Government's Broadcasting Board of Governors, Walter Isaacson stated that his organization needs to fight its "enemies", defined as Iran's Press TV, China's CCTV, and Russia Today. Peter Lavelle responded that Isaacson "doesn't have anything to do with journalism" but was a promoter of a "media war" designed to push "the US foreign policy agenda" onto a world that is increasingly skeptical about it.[7]
References
- ^ James Painter, The boom in counter-hegemonic news channels: a case study of Telesur, (undated, circa 2006), Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University.
- ^ Is RT state-run?, Rt.com website, June 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Pravda.ru Interview: Some "Untimely Thoughts" from an Outsider Looking in". Center for Defense Information. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ a b Peter Lavelle Biography, RT.com website, retrieved on September 20, 2012.
- ^ Peter Lavelle Biography, at FutureBrief.com, retrieved on September 20, 2012.
- ^ "Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today)". Da Russophile. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "RT as Public Enemy? Top US media boss ready to fight 'enemies'". Russia Today. Retrieved 2010-10-11.