'One of the allegations against RT was that it was a propaganda channel. We do not shy away from the fact that we are a Russian government channel ... We are presenting the Russian government’s point of view to an international audience,' Slier said.
“One of the allegations against RT was that it was a propaganda channel. We do not shy away from the fact that we are a Russian government channel. We admit to being that — we are presenting the Russian government’s point of view to an international audience,” Slier said. “What exactly is propaganda, because one person’s propaganda is another person’s truth,” she said.
“It's like people were always working towards that and this war just accelerated the information war,” Slier said. “It would be useful for people to know what the other side is thinking. I don’t think for one moment that because I work for RT that means I necessarily support the Russian position on this war or that I support the Russian government in this war. I think we need to make a distinction between who we as journalists work for and our personal points of view.
Touching on allegations that RT is spreading misinformation, Slier said if people accuse RT of misinforming people, it’s not only a slap in the face for RT, but it’s also a slap in the face of audiences because it is presumed the audience can’t tell the difference between valuable information and misinformation.
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