I mean sure, but they do the news and weather also, right?
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Or do they do Putin weather? Rain in Minsk around 10:00 - you expect me to buy that, Wladymyr?
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I donât know about thier weather coverage but when it comes to news they will be in lockstep with the Russian governmentâs agenda.
Itâs state sponsored, censured and effectively the mouthpiece for the GRU. The fact they are showing support of a specific American candidate shows the order to do so came from Putin himself.
Sure. But - and please donât take this the wrong way - so what? Being an organ of state propaganda doesnât give you superpowers. Theyâre still just a media outlet.
Sure. But assuming sheâs had herself checked for Putin-cooties, what is Gabbard supposed to do or say, and why? Sincerely - sheâs said she canât control what RT does and you seem to feel that falls short. So what exactly should she have said?
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It goes deeper than what she should have said in that particular interview. If she wasnât already parroting Kremlin talking points there wouldnât be that much of an issue, however when you add it all up, itâs just another peice in the puzzle of an arrow that points back to Russia. In that spot specifically she could have been vocal in condemning Russian interference in our elections while speaking out vociferously against any support being shown by their state run media.
So sheâs a knowing, willing tool of the Kremlin? Whoâs sort of not allowed to directly lie about that fact, like that old entrapment myth, or something?
+1. I really donât get where all the relentless Mayor Pete anger here comes from. Direct that toward Biden imo.
Donât what to tell you, itâs not that one instance itâs the accumulation of a number of times she just happens to fall in lock step with RT, from the apologies for Assad to the anti impeachment stance she held onto as long as she possibly could until it began to hurt her politically, to the regime change rhetoric etc.
If you want her to lead the country and rebuild after tRUmp, hey thatâs your right, but count me out.
Uh, yes it does? Thereâs a reason fascists are so obsessed with propaganda; it gives you incredible power.
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Not very reliably or predictably, imo - but leaving that aside, this is why I specifically narrowed the focus to Putinâs foreign policy. Iâm sure most Putin-directed RT content concerns domestic policy, and in either case is primarily aimed at influencing people in Russia, plus whichever satellite states comprise whatever Greater Russia Putin can be assumed to privately think in terms of.
Itâs why I canât get kre8tiveâs actual theory of the case to gel in my mind. It would be one thing if RT had like a 25% share of the US media market. They donât, though. So what is Putin hoping to achieve by running puff-pieces on Gabbard to Russian and Russian-orbiting audiences, and why is Gabbard obliged to do something about it?
People are pissed that Pete used a Republican talking point to attack Warren. Itâs that simple.
If Pete wants even tepid support from progressives, he canât be doing shit like that.
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https://twitter.com/MauraBarrettNBC/status/1185656969392218113
âDisavowâ, to deny responsibility or support for. Asked and answered.
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Why did they support tRUmp? Why does he repeat their talking points? If theyâve done it with one candidate and were successful, why would they stop there?
This is kind of begging the question, though. Fancy Bear/whoever put out pro-Sanders propaganda, too - so did they fail as well as succeed? Or are these operations more about sowing discord and amplifying existing conflicts and tensions, rather than strict goal-oriented missions involving active assets in public office?
Did Sanders provide polling data to Russian Intelligence? Was there money funneled to his SuperPac?
The media was the real winner of the Clinton/Tulsi story.
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The backlash against Pete comes from the fact that we all wanted to like him. He launched his campaign as the first millennial Presidential candidate and the idea that he would bring our generationâs solutions to the nations problems. Based on this I think most of us believed Pete would bring a young progressive voice to the campaign free of the usual establishment political talking points.
When you launch a campaign like this weâre expecting Pete to be a candidate of hope, a candidate who pushes the Overton window on what is possible. Instead we got a bland centrist candidate who rather than inspiring and pushing what we can do is trying to do the Biden act of supposedly being the adult in the room reigning in progressivism gone mad with ideas that you know work in every other highly developed nation.
We donât focus on this from candidates like Biden or Klobs because they are who we thought they were. We focus on it from Pete because itâs antithetical to the messaging of his campaign launch and weâre all disappointed.
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When itâs all said and done, unless we show strength and hurt Russia for their interference where it hurts - in their gas and oil interests, they will continue the same behavior with impunity. Of course, the current administration wonât do a thing, but showing strength is the only thing they understand and the sole deterrent to prevent it from continuing to happen.