Russia’s lower house of parliament is advancing a measure which will allow the government to take moves to label certain US media outlets as “foreign agents” under law, forcing them to disclose substantial information about their operation within the country.
Details are still scant, but the move is described as being meant to take similar measures as those by the US Justice Department, who has ordered Russia’s RT to register as a foreign agent. Russia has threatened retaliation before over the move against RT.
The suggestion of it being similar is that the move will likely target Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, media outlets which are organized as quasi-independent government media in virtually identical ways to RT.
US officials accuse RT of being part of an effort to sway the US election because they covered a debate involving third party candidates, a debate which mainstream US media outlets would not cover.
RT should be allowed to publish the facts . If what they say is true than they are not fake news or propaganda .But if what they say is not true than they are fake news and propaganda . By the above statements it is the west’s independent fake news reporters that are publishing propaganda . Not RT Even our president tells us there is a lot of fake news .
How is RT different from VOA and Radio Free Europe?..
RT is popular and people actually watch it.
Exactly. VOA is just as “subversive”
How dare they cover 3rd party candidates! Apparently they didn’t get the memo from corporate America. Russia isn’t subverting democracy, they are helping to make our democracy slightly more genuine, against all odds.
Real democracy is subversive comrade. Didn’t you read the memo?
About this retaliation thing; can Russians still watch Archer?