{"id":107274,"date":"2024-09-26T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107274"},"modified":"2024-09-26T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:25:59","slug":"how-russias-rt-went-from-cable-news-clone-to-covert-operator-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107274","title":{"rendered":"How Russia\u2019s RT went from cable news clone to covert operator : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-24587\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5856;&#10;        --source-height: 3863;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT's Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5856x3863+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F1a%2Fadf9dc9b4295865e444523a69a2c%2Fgettyimages-986888026.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT&#8217;s Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    YURI KADOBNOV\/AFP via Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        YURI KADOBNOV\/AFP via Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Olga Belogolova moved to Washington, DC, in 2010, Russian state-owned broadcaster RT was making a big push in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember going to bars in this town and seeing RT on televisions, just on,\u201d Belogolova, who is now director of the Emerging Technologies Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, recalls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5114246-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-2965\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/06\/g-s1-2965\/russia-propaganda-deepfakes-sham-websites-social-media-ukraine\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/06\\\/g-s1-2965\\\/russia-propaganda-deepfakes-sham-websites-social-media-ukraine&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2458x2458+615+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F03%2F6970c74d48b2a2c6621bd9ce45e3%2Fgettyimages-2155437286.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Russian navy recruits perform with the Russian flag in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 4 during a ceremony marking the departure of recruits to join the army.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5114246-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>RT was long known to be government-funded and a source of Russian propaganda. But it claimed to be independent. It hired American journalists, and featured some big names like former CNN host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/19\/business\/media\/moscow-joins-the-partisan-media-landscape-with-familiar-american-faces.html\">Larry King<\/a>. The channel\u2019s aesthetic was sleek, modern, and cable news-like. But over the years, as American relations with Russia cooled, skepticism of RT grew.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the U.S. government has accused RT and its parent company, Rossiya Segodnya, of going beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/06\/g-s1-2965\/russia-propaganda-deepfakes-sham-websites-social-media-ukraine\">propaganda<\/a>, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/04\/nx-s1-5100329\/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024\">Kremlin\u2019s efforts<\/a> to destabilize democracies and erode international support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey are engaged in covert influence activities aimed at undermining American elections and democracies, functioning like a de facto arm of Russia&#8217;s intelligence apparatus,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference this month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5114246-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5100829\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/05\/nx-s1-5100829\/russia-election-influencers-youtube\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/05\\\/nx-s1-5100829\\\/russia-election-influencers-youtube&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2238x2238+513+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F6d%2F05a1941d4bd3b4f581e45d5f8f7a%2Fgettyimages-2161701897.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"This photo shows political commentator and YouTuber Benny Johnson on the left side of the photo while he speaks with Eric Trump, a son of former President Donald Trump, during the 2024 Republican National Convention. Johnson is wearing a black T-shirt and is holding a microphone. Eric Trump, standing on the right side of the photo, is also holding a microphone and is wearing a white shirt and gray suit jacket.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5114246-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>That includes a scheme to funnel nearly $10 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/05\/nx-s1-5100829\/russia-election-influencers-youtube\">pro-Trump American influencers<\/a>, over which the Justice Department recently indicted two RT employees.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Blinken\u2019s accusation, an RT statement joked that the organization has been \u201cbroadcasting straight out of the KGB headquarters all this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"edTag\">From the war in Georgia to Occupy Wall Street<\/h2>\n<p>RT originally launched in 2005 as Russia Today, a round-the-clock English language news channel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5114246-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5100329\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/04\/nx-s1-5100329\/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/04\\\/nx-s1-5100329\\\/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3813x3813+605+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2F78%2F93d2fa6b4971904e5c82110a95df%2Fgettyimages-1425634156.jpg\" 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3813x3813+605+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2F78%2F93d2fa6b4971904e5c82110a95df%2Fgettyimages-1425634156.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks alongside Ukrainian officials at the Department of Justice in 2022 in Washington, D.C.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5114246-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>It had a clear mission: to \u201creflect the Russian position on the main issues of international politics and inform the wider public about the events and phenomena of Russian life,\u201d according to Nina Jankowicz, who has studied Russian information 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5568x3712+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2Fb5%2Fd8d2c03441c0a3c46569c321adf1%2Fgettyimages-876856268.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Longtime cable news personality Larry King at the 2017 Emmy Awards in New York City. After leaving CNN, King hosted a show on RT.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Longtime cable news personality Larry King at the 2017 Emmy Awards in New York City.  After leaving CNN, King hosted a show that was carried on RT.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images\/Getty Images North America<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images\/Getty Images North America<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The channel\u2019s first big moment came in 2008 during Russia\u2019s war in Georgia. Russia Today presented itself as a counterpoint to coverage on CNN and other international outlets that its editor-in-chief said was biased towards the Georgians.<\/p>\n<p>In the following years, the network shortened its name to RT, launched channels in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/09\/business\/russia-propaganda-spanish-social-media.html\">Arabic and Spanish<\/a>, and began broadcasting from Washington, DC, under the name RT America. It also built a big <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2013\/09\/how-the-rt-network-built-a-us-audience.html\">online presence<\/a> on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and its own website.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As RT evolved, one constant was its approach as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/what_is_russia_today.php\">provocative alternative<\/a> to Western media, in a \u201cjust asking questions\u201d mode seemingly aimed at younger, left-leaning Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It adopted the slogan \u201cQuestion More\u201d and in 2010 launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/dec\/18\/russia-today-propaganda-ad-blitz\">controversial advertising campaign<\/a> with the phrase. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/archive\/russia-today-courts-viewers-with-controversy\">One ad<\/a> asked whether then President Barack Obama or Iran\u2019s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad posed \u201cthe greater nuclear threat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That contrarian approach got RT noticed, including for its coverage of the anti-wealth inequality Occupy Wall Street movement of the early 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>But RT\u2019s legitimate reporting was mixed with sensationalism, seizing on stories of grievance and chaos in the U.S. \u201cThey also engage in ragebait\u2026in disaster footage and kind of the shock and awe value,\u201d Jankowicz said. Russia has long deflected scrutiny of issues like its own human rights violations by highlighting the U.S.\u2019s own social problems.<\/p>\n<p>RT has also trafficked in outright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2014\/jul\/30\/peter-lavelle\/rts-peter-lavelle-says-he-doesnt-allow-conspiracy-\/\">conspiracism<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/intelligence-report\/2010\/russian-tv-channel-pushes-patriot-conspiracy-theories\">false claim<\/a> that President Barack Obama wasn\u2019t born in the US to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130501141951\/http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/911-attack-job\/\">bogus theories<\/a> about the September 11th attacks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"edTag\">Scrutiny increases as views of Russia soured<\/h2>\n<p>Jankowicz says RT\u2019s image began to shift when Russia illegally annexed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/12\/1080205477\/history-ukraine-russia\">Crimea<\/a> in 2014. American RT anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2014\/03\/06\/286807718\/russian-tv-host-quits-over-network-whitewash-of-crimea\">Liz Wahl quit on air<\/a>, saying \u201cI cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe masks were off. It was clear that RT was just shilling for the Russian point of view,\u201d Jankowicz said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/10\/26\/560199026\/twitter-ends-russian-state-media-advertisements-citing-2016-interference-efforts\">Scrutiny<\/a> of Russian state media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/09\/532196946\/russia-needs-to-counter-mainstream-media-head-of-rt-network-says\">escalated<\/a> with the revelations that the Kremlin sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/08\/18\/903512647\/senate-report-former-trump-aide-paul-manafort-shared-campaign-info-with-russia\">tip the 2016 presidential election<\/a> to Donald Trump. U.S. intelligence officials accused RT of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2017-rt-media\/\">involved<\/a> in election meddling, and RT America was forced to register with the Justice Department as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/11\/14\/564045159\/rt-america-firm-registers-as-foreign-agent-in-u-s-russia-looks-to-retaliate\">foreign agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2019\/01\/removing-cib-from-russia\/\">Facebook took down<\/a> hundreds of pages posing as independent European news sites that were actually run by employees of an RT sister brand called Sputnik.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A month later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/02\/15\/tech\/russia-facebook-viral-videos\/index.html\">CNN reported<\/a> that Maffick Media, which made online videos targeting left-leaning millennials, was funded by an RT subsidiary \u2013 without any disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>The fake news sites in particular were a precursor to what RT is accused of doing today, said Belogolova, who was leading Facebook\u2019s Russia investigations at the time. \u201cIt&#8217;s not a totally novel thing for them to sort of blur the lines between covert and overt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"edTag\">After the invasion of Ukraine, RT adopts \u2018guerrilla\u2019 tactics<\/h2>\n<p>Then came Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many US cable companies dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/12\/business\/rt-america-russian-tv.html\">RT America<\/a>, and the U.S. channel shut down. RT was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/28\/1083633239\/facebook-and-tiktok-block-russian-state-media-in-europe\">banned<\/a> across much of Europe, and was blocked globally on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/01\/1083824030\/techs-crackdown-on-russian-propaganda-is-a-geopolitical-high-wire-act\">YouTube<\/a>, where it had racked up billions of views.<\/p>\n<p>So, the network looked for ways to keep pushing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/28\/1159712623\/how-russia-is-losing-and-winning-the-information-war-in-ukraine\">pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine messages<\/a> \u2014 without the RT label.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5114246-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1159712623\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/28\/1159712623\/how-russia-is-losing-and-winning-the-information-war-in-ukraine\" 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Russia is losing \u2014 and winning \u2014 the information war in Ukraine\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5114246-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Russian state television after this month\u2019s Justice Department indictments, RT editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/cepa.org\/article\/onward-putin-soldiers\/\">Margarita Simonyan<\/a> said RT started working \u201cunderground\u201d using \u201cguerilla operations\u201d in places it lost access, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-24593\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 6000;&#10;        --source-height: 4000;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F6f%2F58bb0b2e4b7a98d529abb5b2e642%2Fgettyimages-1247175976.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, in 2022.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Margarita Simonyan, RT&#8217;s editor-in-chief, in 2022.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    VALERY SHARIFULIN\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        VALERY SHARIFULIN\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Simonyan wouldn&#8217;t say whether the scheme involving several prominent right-wing American influencers is one of these operations. The influencers, who have not been charged, say they didn\u2019t know the money came from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>RT has mocked the US government\u2019s allegations. Speaking on Russian TV, Simonyan sarcastically told any listening U.S. officials: \u201cWrite down for yourself that all RT employees and, personally, the editor-in-chief obey only orders from the Kremlin. All other orders immediately become toilet paper!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"edTag\">RT\u2019s worldwide footprint<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/alerting-the-world-to-rts-global-covert-activities\/\">State Department says<\/a> RT is running these kinds of covert operations around the world, from secretly operating media outlets in Africa and Germany to targeting elections in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/09\/1162045645\/from-tv-to-telegram-to-tiktok-moldova-is-being-flooded-with-russian-propaganda\">Moldova<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5114246-104\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1162045645\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/09\/1162045645\/from-tv-to-telegram-to-tiktok-moldova-is-being-flooded-with-russian-propaganda\" 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TV to Telegram to TikTok, Moldova is being flooded with Russian propaganda\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5114246-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>US officials allege the Kremlin has even embedded a cyberintelligence unit inside RT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRT has become a clearinghouse for a set of covert operations, covert influence activities, intelligence operations de facto, in country after country after country,\u201d said James Rubin, head of the State Department\u2019s Global Engagement Center, which focuses on foreign disinformation and propaganda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-24591\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4000;&#10;        --source-height: 2667;&#10;    \">\n        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While RT's reach in the U.S. and Europe has been curtailed by sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the network still has a significant reach in Africa and Latin America.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A file photo of RT anchor Aliana Nieves, who was hosting a Spanish-language news program on Dec. 6, 2019 in Moscow. While RT&#8217;s reach in the U.S. and Europe has been curtailed by sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the network still has a significant reach in Africa and Latin America.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Misha Friedman\/Getty Images\/Getty Images Europe<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Misha Friedman\/Getty Images\/Getty Images Europe<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the State Department\u2019s announcement, Meta and TikTok banned RT and its affiliates from their apps.<\/p>\n<p>But the network still has a big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/russia-backed-media-outlets-are-under-fire-in-the-us-but-still-trusted-worldwide\/\">footprint<\/a> across Latin America and Africa, where critics say it broadcasts a steady stream of anti-Ukraine, anti-imperialist, anti-Western content.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons why so much of the world has not been as fully supportive of Ukraine as you would think they would be, given that Russia has invaded Ukraine and violated rule number one of the international system, is because of the broad scope and reach of RT, where propaganda, disinformation, and lies are spread to millions, if not billions, of people around the world,\u201d Rubin said.<\/p>\n<p>Belogolova says transparency about what RT is up to is good \u2014 and that it\u2019s important for people to know where their information is coming from.<\/p>\n<p>But she also warns against overstating the impact of these influence operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re very capable here in the United States and in other countries of coming up with our own very stupid ideas and conspiracy theories,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd sometimes we don&#8217;t need the help of the Russians to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/25\/nx-s1-5114246\/russia-today-rt-election-influence-tenet-indictment\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT&#8217;s Moscow studios. 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