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Stella Assange speaking to the Luxembourg Parliament on the persecution of Julian Assange

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[–] SLfgb@feddit.nl -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Yes, his independent show was licensed to air on RT, what's your point. It was also hosted by Youtube, a US military contractor.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

RT is literally state controlled media.

RT has regularly been described as a major propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy.[2] Academics, fact-checkers, and news reporters (including some current and former RT reporters) have identified RT as a purveyor of disinformation[58] and conspiracy theories.[65] UK media regulator Ofcom has repeatedly found RT to have breached its rules on impartiality, including multiple instances in which RT broadcast "materially misleading" content.[72]

In 2012, RT's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan compared the channel to the Russian Ministry of Defence.[73] Referring to the Russo-Georgian War, she stated that it was "waging an information war, and with the entire Western world".[17][74]

As to the show being "independent"... It was made by Assange, specifically to air on RT. Assange was paid for the show, because that's how licensing content works.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

YouTube being a military contractor is certainly a take

[–] SLfgb@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, YT's owner, Google now Meta

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Meta is Facebook. You mean Alphabet.

[–] SLfgb@feddit.nl 0 points 11 months ago

That one. Thanks