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- A bolder, stronger Iran: Obama’s true legacy in the Middle East has yet to be written
Barak Obama’s blunders in the Middle East are a collection of bewildering, illogical decisions that have led to Iran and Hezbollah becoming stronger than ever in what was once a region ruled by the Saudis and the US. - ‘Golden Showers’: Zinoviev letter of 2017?
Just when you thought ‘Fake News’ had nowhere else to go, up pops BuzzFeed to take it to a whole new level. The site’s publication of an unverified, error-filled dossier on Donald Trump and his alleged links to Russia, marks a new journalistic low. - ‘Israel prefers to support Al Qaeda over Hezbollah’
Israel has repeatedly bombed Syrian military installations during the Syrian civil war, but never Al Qaeda groups, says independent journalist Rania Khalek, adding Israel prefers to support Al Qaeda as, unlike Hezbollah, it doesn’t consider it a threat. - ‘Anti-Russian witch-hunt in US becoming surreal’
If you build up an atmosphere similar to the McCarthy era, you get people reacting in the way they did, said former British MP George Galloway, commenting on the Twitter conspiracy craze after an RT broadcast interrupted C-SPAN live.
- Fact check for dummies: Teaching Washington Post & Co how to do journalism one last time
If you hadn’t heard of RT before 2017, you probably have by now. Since the US Intelligence report fingering RT as one of the main tools of an “evil Kremlin conspiracy” to hack US elections, word about the channel is spreading and the American mainstream media is literally losing its mind. - ‘BuzzFeed’s unverified Trump dossier - scumbag journalism’
The majority of the Western media showed a rare example of responsible behavior by ignoring the Trump dossier story, says Freddy Gray, deputy editor at The Spectator. BuzzFeed and CNN descended to scurrilous, scumbag journalism, adds radio host Jon Gaunt. - ‘Russia as enemy is comfort zone for some in US intel community’
There are members of US intelligence community who feel more comfortable having Russia as an enemy, than looking at all other threats that exist today, said former Pentagon official Michael Maloof. - ‘WHO, Syrian people grateful to Russians’ – World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) condemns the use of water as a weapon of war, its representative in Syria Elizabeth Hoff told RT. She also said the UN health agency and the Syrians are grateful to Russia for setting up a field hospital in Aleppo. - Broken Wheel - Cycling’s never ending tale of death and doping
Cycling, from amateur to pro, has always been known to be full of death and doping. Despite whistleblowers, investigations and catching the most famous cyclist of all time, the sport continues to scrap at the bottom of the barrel. - 'Deep State' wins… Trump is being tamed to toe the line
Donald Trump “finally concedes” Russia hacked the election, crowed the US media following his first news conference this week. That seeming turnaround by Trump signals 'the Donald' is being tamed to toe the “official” Washington line.
- ‘Israel prefers to support Al Qaeda over Hezbollah’Israel has repeatedly bombed Syrian military installations during the Syrian civil war, but never Al Qaeda groups, says independent journalist Rania Khalek, adding Israel prefers to support Al Qaeda as, unlike Hezbollah, it doesn’t consider it a threat.
- A bolder, stronger Iran: Obama’s true legacy in the Middle East has yet to be writtenBarak Obama’s blunders in the Middle East are a collection of bewildering, illogical decisions that have led to Iran and Hezbollah becoming stronger than ever in what was once a region ruled by the Saudis and the US.
- ‘Golden Showers’: Zinoviev letter of 2017?Just when you thought ‘Fake News’ had nowhere else to go, up pops BuzzFeed to take it to a whole new level. The site’s publication of an unverified, error-filled dossier on Donald Trump and his alleged links to Russia, marks a new journalistic low.
- ‘Russia as enemy is comfort zone for some in US intel community’There are members of US intelligence community who feel more comfortable having Russia as an enemy, than looking at all other threats that exist today, said former Pentagon official Michael Maloof.
- ‘Anti-Russian witch-hunt in US becoming surreal’If you build up an atmosphere similar to the McCarthy era, you get people reacting in the way they did, said former British MP George Galloway, commenting on the Twitter conspiracy craze after an RT broadcast interrupted C-SPAN live.
- ‘BuzzFeed’s unverified Trump dossier - scumbag journalism’The majority of the Western media showed a rare example of responsible behavior by ignoring the Trump dossier story, says Freddy Gray, deputy editor at The Spectator. BuzzFeed and CNN descended to scurrilous, scumbag journalism, adds radio host Jon Gaunt.
- Fact check for dummies: Teaching Washington Post & Co how to do journalism one last timeIf you hadn’t heard of RT before 2017, you probably have by now. Since the US Intelligence report fingering RT as one of the main tools of an “evil Kremlin conspiracy” to hack US elections, word about the channel is spreading and the American mainstream media is literally losing its mind.
- 'Deep State' wins… Trump is being tamed to toe the lineDonald Trump “finally concedes” Russia hacked the election, crowed the US media following his first news conference this week. That seeming turnaround by Trump signals 'the Donald' is being tamed to toe the “official” Washington line.
- Broken Wheel - Cycling’s never ending tale of death and dopingCycling, from amateur to pro, has always been known to be full of death and doping. Despite whistleblowers, investigations and catching the most famous cyclist of all time, the sport continues to scrap at the bottom of the barrel.
- ‘WHO, Syrian people grateful to Russians’ – World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization (WHO) condemns the use of water as a weapon of war, its representative in Syria Elizabeth Hoff told RT. She also said the UN health agency and the Syrians are grateful to Russia for setting up a field hospital in Aleppo.
- ‘Trump base don’t care about his ‘Russian dossier’’
Did BuzzFeed do the public a favor by publishing the unverified dossier on Donald Trump? Or is it a defamation and libel you can’t get away with in American law? Do Trump supporters care about any media allegations? RT discussed with some analysts. - ‘Accusing Russia of hacking - revival of Cold War’
Accusations of hacking by Russia revives the fears of the Cold War era says National Front member Patricia Chagnon. It also serves to discredit the US election result and distract attention from mistakes that resulted in the election loss, she adds. - The Islamic Republic of Iran mourns an Ayatollah – Tehran is neither shaken nor stirred
This week Iran lost one its most senior revolutionary figureheads: Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Hailed a hero and visionary by his contemporaries, the mainstream has nevertheless opted for slander to angle its forthcoming neocon argument better. - US intelligence fail: ‘No evidence of electronic hacking trail leading to Russia’
I keep hearing from senior elected officials on Capitol Hill that the evidence against Russia is overwhelming. However, the evidence is not overwhelming, former CIA analyst John Kiriakou told RT. - Farewell, Obama: You talked a better game than you played
I was there. In the Tiergarten in Berlin, in July 2008. And the more I think back on it, the more bizarre it was. - ‘Under Obama, family median income dropped and Democratic Party imploded’
There was a great opportunity for the Democrats in 2008, but Obama's policies have resulted in the Democratic Party now being on the verge of collapse, journalist Jack Rasmus told RT. Retired US Army GeneralPaul E. Vallely also provided his views,
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