Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers?

Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers? by throwaway5752 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:31AM (#11461368)

RT is propaganda/psyops on a level that doesn't quite have a Western equivalent. This is not a statement in support of Western journalistic independence and objectivity, so much as it is how carefully packaged/constructed RT is.

edit: Hah! Downvotes. I read RT. I read WSJ (even OpEds sometimes, but I don't enjoy it). I read AJ. I read NYT. I read from many sources and high degree of skepticism of all of them. But if you read RT regularly, I doubt you're the one downvoting.

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Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers? by irixusr on Sunday April 10, 2016 @09:49AM (#11466072)

I up voted you. I read RT, but their juicier bits I always look up to cross check.[1]

But I don't live in Russia so Putin can't harm me. Therefore, I'm not scared of them.

However, it is an invaluable source to know what we're doing. RT wants to discredit the West, and there is too much truthful material for them to work with for to have to fudge too much.

[1] although is disagree with you there is no western equivalent. I used to be a big fan of the WSJ, NYT and The Economist, after Syria and the Snowden leaks, they have become unreadable. Only The Intercept is left (npr gets a pass because I have a 40 minute drive to work)

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Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers? by throwaway5752 on Sunday April 10, 2016 @02:12PM (#11467414)

I upvoted you, too! That's usually why I read it.

I think as bad as the mainstream US media source you mentioned can be, they're still not equivalent on the whole. Wish they weren't so actively trying to close the gap, though...

edit: there are sources as bad, and there are source as prominent, but I don't think any are in the intersection. Honestly, it's more of hand-waving/gut feel on my part, though.

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