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"I think the better rule is to simply ignore anything RT publishes that is related to Russia. However there will be times where, for whatever reason, they cover other things and provide perspective that you won't get in other broadcast news." Trouble is, it now goes well beyond what RT says related to Russia. Look at what it is saying related to the US: that Antifa are "terrorists" and how dare they attack the democratic rights of Putin's and Trump's white supremacist allies. With all due respect to the valid arguments about Antifa's tactics taking place, RT comes from an entirely different place, to say the least. By the way, that is what many of us mean by the term "Alt-Left", about which there has been some confusion, after Trump seized the term to to refer to the anti-fascists. On the contrary, "Alt-Left" has not been popularly used that way, but rather to the kind of left that would hang on to reactionary rags like RT and promote red-brown convergence, probably agree with Trump that both sides were equally bad in Charlottesville. On that: I was very disappointed with the article by Chris Hedges posted here a a couple of days ago - in contrast to many of the excellent discussion pieces criticising Antifa tactics (the piece posted by Louis from Leighton Woodhosue stands out), Hedges' piece, from the title to the content, was moral equivalence, all the way through. I wondered if it was just because he is a liberal, even a very good one. But even liberals are criticising Trump's moral equivalence on this (whereas Hedges echoed Trump). So I wonder if it is relatedto Hedges' unfortunate association with RT. On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:14 PM, A.R. G via Marxism <[email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Hmmm, not sure about his approach. Obviously RT is Russia-centered > propaganda but the author seems to contrast it unfavorably to BBC. If that > is the measure then most mainstream and probably most "alternative" media > would not be able to measure up. > > I think the better rule is to simply ignore anything RT publishes that is > related to Russia. However there will be times where, for whatever reason, > they cover other things and provide perspective that you won't get in other > broadcast news. > > > -- > - Amith > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
