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Russia Today Reporter Resigns After 'Disrespect for Facts' During MH17 Coverage
TownHall.com ^ | 7/18/2014 | Kara Jones

Posted on 07/18/2014 9:37:39 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne

London-based Russia Today reporter Sara Firth announced her resignation this morning in protest of the politicized coverage of yesterday’s shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Firth said the manner in which Russia Today announced the tragedy was the “straw that broke the camel’s back for me.”

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: journalism; mh17; russiatoday; sarafirth
RT has been blaming Ukraine for the shootdown of MH17. This was too much for this reporter, so she quit.

Any FReeper who posts RT propaganda on FreeRepublic without refuting their obvious propaganda is a troll.

1 posted on 07/18/2014 9:37:39 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
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To: Dr. Thorne

Russia KNOWS the pressure it on THEM.


2 posted on 07/18/2014 9:40:14 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Dr. Thorne

MSNBC is looking for just your type...


3 posted on 07/18/2014 9:41:30 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

If only the “reporters” that work for the MSM in following White House Talking Points, would speak out and quit spreading the lies, we might be able to salvage this Country.


4 posted on 07/18/2014 9:42:34 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Dr. Thorne

RT style guide Rule 1: It is ALWAYS *Ukraine's fault (*add name as applicable)


5 posted on 07/18/2014 9:44:42 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Izzy Dunne

What’s that supposed to mean? On FR, we post from, and lambaste MSNBC all the time. But when some neo-Bolshevik tool posts something from RT, we are told to “look at all sides of the story,” and to be “objective.”


6 posted on 07/18/2014 9:47:26 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Well, if she doesn’t like being told what to report, she could always go to work for NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, CNN, etc...

OH WAIT....
Let’s ask Sheryl Atkinson about that one...

In the electronic age, divining truth from propaganda has become an art form. That said, I do like to know what the opposition is saying.

Unless you believe the Obama administration and its media supporters have been totally honest and truthful, of course.


7 posted on 07/18/2014 9:47:38 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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And when she first started working for Russia Today, she thought it was an objective, independent publication?? LOL. I think this is a case of her willing to be a propaganda stooge for Russia, but not this much of a propaganda stooge.


8 posted on 07/18/2014 9:59:10 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Izzy Dunne

You’re an idiot.


9 posted on 07/18/2014 10:18:39 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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Look! Look! American MSM, a real journalist.. encouragement that there may be others.

She explained that "Russia Today" encourages reporters to place the blame on Ukraine or anywhere else to avoid tarnishing Russia’s image.

How is stuff our "journalists" do, like this, any different? The Society of Professional "Journalists" PC Indoctrination: Guidelines for Countering Racial, Ethnic, Regligous Profling

10 posted on 07/18/2014 10:20:38 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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You’re an idiot.

Thanks for bringing up the level of discussion here on FR.

11 posted on 07/18/2014 10:32:23 AM PDT by McGruff (If you are foul mouthed troll don't expect a reply to your rants.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Sorry, my post should have been addressed to the reporter who put up with this for so long, not you, the poster.


12 posted on 07/18/2014 10:49:19 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: McGruff

Just telling the truth. If you don’t like it, too bad.


13 posted on 07/18/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Oops. Sorry about the confusion, then. You are NOT an idiot.


14 posted on 07/18/2014 11:40:04 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Dr. Thorne

See post #14.


15 posted on 07/18/2014 11:40:32 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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