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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt Looks Like a News App in the Apple Store. It's Really Russian Propaganda.
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Over the past few years, Russian-funded propagandists have tried a number of ways to reach American audiences without revealing their links to the Kremlin, from claiming to be grassroots start-ups to cycling their funding through cut-outs that obscure their Russian origins.
Now, Russian propagandists have a new trick: Pushing a news app that poses as a free streaming service, but which is linked directly to the Russian propaganda outlet RT. Of course, the app doesnt bother to disclose this.
Dubbed Portable.TV, the new app went live a few months ago, according to its Apple Store history. Billing itself as a one-of-a-kind free streaming service & TV library of news programs, talk shows, business updates, professional sports highlights and comedy, the app claims to allow users to stay informed & up to date via Portable.TVs uniquely global perspective [that] foregrounds marginalized or dissident viewpoints to give you a clearer picture of the world. As the app says, Truth shouldnt have limits: You can take Portable.TV wherever you go.
One problem, though: The only shows available on Portable.TV are produced by RT America, including shows like Redacted Tonight with self-proclaimed comedian Lee Camp and The World According to Jesse with former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. That is, despite claiming to be killer television that is the home of thousands of shows, the only shows actually available on the app are those found on a Russian propaganda channel. There isnt a single show on Portable.TV that didnt originate on RT.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/it-looks-like-a-news-app-in-the-apple-store-its-really-russian-propaganda
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It Looks Like a News App in the Apple Store. It's Really Russian Propaganda. (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2020
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TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)1. RT was a go-to source for many on DU in 2016.
So, it's not that surprising that it's being passed off as news in the Apple Store. Even knowing the link, lots of people would still think it's news.
blogslut
(38,000 posts)2. Now, now. Let's be fair.
The app is on Google Play too