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During the [[2008 South Ossetia War]] Russia Today correspondent William Dunbar resigned saying "[t]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>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2008/aug/12/russiantvreporterresignsaf Russian TV reporter resigns after station cancels his Georgian broadcasts] ''The Guardian, citing the [[Moscow Times]]'' 12 August 2008</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] said that the claim of 2000 South Ossetian casualties, announced by Russia Today,<ref>[http://rt.com/Top_News/2008-08-10/Death_toll_in_South_Ossetia_reaches_2000.html Death toll in South Ossetia reaches 2,000] ''Russia Today<i> 10 August 2008</ref> was "exaggerated."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/13/georgia Russia exaggerating South Ossetian death toll, says human rights group] <i>The Guardian'' 13 August 2008</ref> 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."<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/russians-are-coming-but-with-news-or-propaganda-1869324.html From Russia with news] ''The Independent'' 15 January 2010.</ref> |
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==Staff controversies== |
==Staff controversies== |
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An article in [[The Daily Telegraph]] reported that [[Mike Hancock (UK politician)#Russian aide's arrest and espionage allegations|alleged spy suspect Katia Zatuliveter]] was now working for RT.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russian spy suspect to work for Russian TV|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8392183/Russian-spy-suspect-to-work-for-Russian-TV.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=19-03-11}}</ref> |
An article in [[The Daily Telegraph]] reported that [[Mike Hancock (UK politician)#Russian aide's arrest and espionage allegations|alleged spy suspect Katia Zatuliveter]] was now working for RT.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russian spy suspect to work for Russian TV|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8392183/Russian-spy-suspect-to-work-for-Russian-TV.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=19-03-11}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:56, 25 October 2011
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
Staff controversies
An article in The Daily Telegraph reported that alleged spy suspect Katia Zatuliveter was now working for RT.[1]
See also
- CNN controversies
- BBC controversies
- Fox News Channel controversies
- Press TV controversies
- Al Jazeera controversies
- CCTV Criticism
References
- ^ "Russian spy suspect to work for Russian TV". The Daily Telegraph. 19-03-11.
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