Who’s Afraid of ‘Russia Today’?
▻https://www.thenation.com/article/whos-afraid-of-russia-today
The fundamental question is: Why do powerful media outlets [From The New York Times to Time to BuzzFeed to The Daily Beast to Politico to The Washington Post,] feel the need to rush in and play ideological hall monitor and decry such a relatively minor player in American news? If a fraction of this energy went into critically examining our own country’s propaganda techniques and giving voice to the marginalized topics and people, perhaps the market—to the extent there is one—for a “counternarrative” would dry up and render outlets like RT irrelevant.