Is this fake news, counter-fake news or counter-counter fake news. It's hard to tell any more.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/13/kremlin-propaganda-arm-rt-america-warns-dire-health-impacts/ > Russia’s propaganda arm in America, the television network RT America, is > increasingly warning about the health impacts of 5G networks in what has been > dubbed “information warfare” by experts. > > The channel has broadcast a string of reports in 2019 that have discussed > suggestions that the technology could endanger the lives of Americans and > raised fears of a '5G apocalypse'. > > The New York Times found that the network had run seven programs assailing > the health impacts of the technology already this year, compared to just a > single such report in 2018. > > The reporting comes despite Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, recently > announcing that his country would push ahead with adopting 5G networks. > > Experts suggested that the broadcasts are an attempt to undermine US > enthusiasm for the wireless technology, which could well give nations who > adopt it first a competitive edge over international rivals. > > > In one segment aired in January, a reporter was asked by the host if there > was a catch with the tech benefits 5G was expected to bring. “Just a small > one – it might kill you,” she replied. > > She added that the technology could be harmful to health, amounted to an > "experiment on humanity” and could constitute a "crime under international > law”. > > Much of the reporting centres on radio waves and their impact on people’s > health, corroding to the New York Times, which wrote an expose on the issue. > > RT America, which was formerly known as Russia Today, was forced by the > Justice Department to register as a foreign agent in 2017. > > A report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that year > said that the network was "the Kremlin’s principal international propaganda > outlet”. > > Ryan Fox, chief operating officer of New Knowledge, told The New York Times > that RT America's 5G reporting amounted to “information warfare”. > > He said: “Russia doesn’t have a good 5G play, so it tries to undermine and > discredit ours.” > > Anna Belkina, RT’s head of communications in Moscow, defended the network’s > coverage of 5G, telling the paper: “Unlike many other media, we show the > breadth of debate.” > > She also said: “Our American audience expects us to bring American concerns > to the front, first and foremost.” -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
