US State Dept to reveal declassified US intelligence findings that suggest RT is fully integrated into Russia’s intelligence operations

[Amused]

It's way past time to ip block RT in the western world.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/biden-administration-rt-russian-intelligence/index.html

 

[hal2kilo]

It's way past time to ip block RT in the western world.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/biden-administration-rt-russian-intelligence/index.html

Just Duh. Lost al respect for Thom Hartman participating in that shit.

 

[HomerJS]

A lot of us already figured out RTs connection to the Kremlin.

 

[IronWing]

I hadn't realized that this was even in dispute.

 

[Moonbeam]

As I see it mind manipulation is how capitalists make profits. Any real efforts to teach people to think for themselves were they to succeed would destroy billions of dollars of useless product sales. It is vital to the economy that people be fed the notion that they have endless needs for the latest greatest products not only to keep up social appearances but to find real happiness. People need to feel they are in control of their destinies and that they are not being programmed or manipulated in any way. This means that we need a society full of big egos, self certainty and the notion we have the good sense to determine our destiny.

The fact that an enemy nation can play on this trained ignorant gullibility is just an unfortunate side effect. What we need, if the fear we are being manipulated in ways that would harm us is some sort of subterfuge, some invented program that proclaims that it is seriously going to fix this problem because a thinking public would be disastrous not only to the economy but every phony source of authority.

The so called wise men are fools. A saying

 

[eelw]

Conspiracy hat on. But how much interference did US and other western nations do during the Cold War? Like this is their excuse for their foreign interference program.

 

[APU_Fusion]

Conspiracy hat on. But how much interference did US and other western nations do during the Cold War? Like this is their excuse for their foreign interference program.

But if we do it it ok 👍😇

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I hadn't realized that this was even in dispute.

- Yeah this definitely falls into the "everyone already knew that, but its nice to have confirmation" territory.

 

[amenx]

As state owned and funded from day one, RT was by default part of Russia intel operations and anyone with a half a brain knew what they were getting.

More concerning are US RW news outlets like Fox that serves as a main news source to their gullible viewers and where they are often fed false or misleading stories or conspiracies sourced from the Russians. Fox doesnt mind if it helps Trump in some way or stirs up repub opposition to Bidens support for Ukraine.

 

[Pens1566]

In other 'news', the sky is blue.

 

[Dave_5k]

Conspiracy hat on. But how much interference did US and other western nations do during the Cold War? Like this is their excuse for their foreign interference program.

Look up Radio Free Europe ~ the influencing was quite public, as there was no anonymous internet to hide behind, and a handful of deep cover spies certainly can't move the dial on broader public opinion without a megaphone like Russia's social media battalions can.

And yes, Russia literally employs battalion-sized forces solely to disrupt and influence foreign countries in media in ways favorable to the Kremlin (which is mostly aggravating and magnifying internal divisions in Western countries, primarily along ethnic, racial, and immigrant attack lines, and in last few years also heavily pushing anti-Ukraine propaganda across the globe including Asia)

 

[feralkid]

A lot of us already figured out RTs connection to the Kremlin.

Really.

Like who didn't alresdy know that?

 

[fskimospy]

Conspiracy hat on. But how much interference did US and other western nations do during the Cold War? Like this is their excuse for their foreign interference program.

I don’t get this. The US absolutely conducts these sorts of operations but who cares?

The US bombs a lot of people too but when someone bombs us we don’t like it.

 

[brycejones]

Really.

Like who didn't alresdy know that?

Geenman?

 

[hal2kilo]

Look up Radio Free Europe ~ the influencing was quite public, as there was no anonymous internet to hide behind, and a handful of deep cover spies certainly can't move the dial on broader public opinion without a megaphone like Russia's social media battalions can.

And yes, Russia literally employs battalion-sized forces solely to disrupt and influence foreign countries in media in ways favorable to the Kremlin (which is mostly aggravating and magnifying internal divisions in Western countries, primarily along ethnic, racial, and immigrant attack lines, and in last few years also heavily pushing anti-Ukraine propaganda across the globe including Asia)

I was going to go there. Does anyone remember that once again Trump tried to turn this into another political instrument for him to play with.

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[Moonbeam]

Saved by both sides. Wean all go back to sleep now.

 

[Moonbeam]

DP

 

[ch33zw1z]

Geenman?

Not sure he’ll care. Just pretend not to know again later