19-10-2016, 01:43 PM
It's a really interesting issue when you have a domestic news outlet owned by another country that is in disfavor, without a declaration of formal hostilities.
I've read RT a few times. I wouldn't download any of their apps, and if there was a shooting war I wouldn't have a problem with it being taken down, but I also don't see obvious propaganda or seditious articles.
I do see a problem when there is domestic or transnational hacking of private e-mail accounts, and embarrassing information appears on foreign Wikileaks servers and and is pumped by foreign news sites, whether they are state owned or not. Particularly when political candidates are involved and the subject matter could be germane to a national election. No matter which way it cuts. The saber-rattling surrounding RT and Wikileaks right now makes it seem like another shoe is about to drop that would cause deep embarrassment. If it is real evidence of corruption or abuse, the issues are similar to the Pentagon Papers, but international in nature. You could argue it was justified. If it is personal trash, that's entirely different.
I've read RT a few times. I wouldn't download any of their apps, and if there was a shooting war I wouldn't have a problem with it being taken down, but I also don't see obvious propaganda or seditious articles.
I do see a problem when there is domestic or transnational hacking of private e-mail accounts, and embarrassing information appears on foreign Wikileaks servers and and is pumped by foreign news sites, whether they are state owned or not. Particularly when political candidates are involved and the subject matter could be germane to a national election. No matter which way it cuts. The saber-rattling surrounding RT and Wikileaks right now makes it seem like another shoe is about to drop that would cause deep embarrassment. If it is real evidence of corruption or abuse, the issues are similar to the Pentagon Papers, but international in nature. You could argue it was justified. If it is personal trash, that's entirely different.