Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April

Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April by ZenoArrow on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:37PM (#10898173)

> "I've seen plenty of reports on NBC or CBS criticizing Obama (or Bush before him), have you ever seen a report that was critical of Putin on RT?"

Here you go:

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Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April by learc83 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @06:13PM (#10898419)

And immediately after she said that RT executives issued statements saying that she was "misled by the American media" and that

“In her comment Ms. Martin also noted that she does not possess a deep knowledge of reality of the situation in Crimea."

RT then used this one piece of dissent against the normal pro Russia coverage of Crimea to parade around as example of their openness.

You'll also notice that less than a year after saying that she was off the network.

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Re:Al Jazeera America to Shut Down in April by ZenoArrow on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @06:38PM (#10898547)

> "You'll also notice that less than a year after saying that she was off the network."

Fair point, but I wouldn't say the US networks were much better...

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