Video: RT Anchor Quits On Air

[stevil]

American born RT newscaster Liz Wahl announces resignation on live TV. Watch and discuss.

[link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/03/05/rt-anchor-quits-on-air.html|

An American anchor working for state-owned television station Russia Today quit on air on Wednesday. Liz Wahl, in the network's D.C. bureau, said she could no longer be "part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin." Wahl said she is the grandchild of Hungarian refugees who fled Soviet oppression.

[link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/03/05/rt-anchor-quits-on-air.html|

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. well, that is an interesting development

[MADem]

2. Good for her. Prostitution is a dehumanizing business, and working for PootiePoot is just that.

An American anchor working for state-owned television station Russia Today quit on air on Wednesday. Liz Wahl, in the network's D.C. bureau, said she could no longer be "part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I'm proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I am resigning."

There's a subset of folks here who still regard that piece of shit propaganda hellhole as a go-to network. Nice to know at least one anchor was sharp enough to tell it like it is.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

4. I hope we can start to put to bed the "RT is great independent media" meme

[malthaussen]

15. Well, they could still be reasonably good media in issues not involving Russian interests.

But it's pretty clear where they stand on issues that do involve Russian interests.

-- Mal

[steve2470]

18. they do have some decent reporting where Russia has no interests

In the case of Ukraine/Crimea, I don't trust them.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

19. in a world...where the large nations are jockeying for resources, client states, and information

superiority, I am pretty sure you can question even the veracity/objectivity when reporting on US matters.

[OilemFirchen]

21. They will remain a reliabe source of anti-Obama outrage.

Accordingly, they'll continue to be the trough from which a certain contingent here feeds.

[FSogol]

65. Well said.

[stevil]

23. In my opinion....

Just about all of their programs related to Russian interests or not are still slanted towards what the network wants to present to the audience with a definite and obvious slant.

[MADem]

41. We've, unfortunately, got a few folks here who continue to affect a

'liberal' facade, who are blatant, shrieking apologists for bare bear man and his repressive, ugly regime.

[davidpdx]

44. +1

and a ROFL for you

[Adrahil]

56. And I don't get it.

It seems like some folks have invested so much indentity into being against American imperialism, that they lost perspective and support outright goons and tyrants just because they oppose America. It's like they turn off the critical thinking part of of their brain.

[MADem]

63. Either that, or they are from opposing websites and playing a troll-y game.

Many are caricatures of liberals, and they do it deliberately, I think, in order to create false impressions. It's a way of mocking us. It's really kinda sick and sad--I mean, really, who goes to all the trouble, as a mature and thinking adult, to pretend to be something you are not strictly for the purposes of "getting one over" on people that you don't even know?

They're probably powerless in their real lives; forty and living with Mom, being forced to take out the garbage and walk the dog, being called to dinner like a child. Coming here and jerking the chains (or trying to) of people with brains and lives makes them feel like they've got some clout and control. I suppose such a fetid existence should be a cause for feeling pity for the putzes, but I have a hard time mustering up any emotion that exceeds the annoyance that comes from gum on my shoe!

As for the ones who are sincerely touting the "so far left they're on the far right" POV, well, they're just stupid. If they had to join the regimes they cheerlead, they'd shit bricks, whine, wave the flag, and plead for a team of SEALS to come rescue them!

[Adrahil]

64. Quite possible...

There is a gun site called AR15.com where some members openly brag about have DU sock puppet accounts and stirring up shit.

A right wing colleague of mine is a member there and talks about it all the time. He's probably reading this now.

[MADem]

66. Next time you see the bozo, ask him what Mom made last night for dinner!

Ask him how he's managing the rising damp in Mom's basement--wear a sweater, don't get a chill!

I mean, really--it's got to be the most immature behavior on the internet, to troll like that. There are plenty of websites where people can have rollicking political arguments from all sides of the spectrum, it just makes no sense that anyone would want to go into a like-minded group for the purposes of disruption. It's like a child having a tantrum.

I imagine the shrinks are looking into this behavior as it becomes more prevalent. I think it's a form of mental illness, myself--something that needs intervention. It's clearly the mark of an unhappy person who feels victimized, put-upon and unfulfilled. Shitty way to go through life, if you ask me!

[Adrahil]

70. He's NOT a terribly mature guy....

.... and he's a serious nut. Believes Obama is a Crypto Muslim, that the Birth Certificate was forged, the whole 9 yards.

[MADem]

71. They never are, are they? nt

[steve2470]

5. pretty soon they will have to hire all Russian personnel lol

Even then, they may get people quitting on air. This must be getting a tad embarrassing to them.

[MADem]

39. When Angela Merckel is calling Pootie "unhinged" I think it's time to put on the life jacket and hit

the lifeboats and row, row, row!!!!! And that's telling, seeing as Angela doesn't want to throw the Pootie baby out with the German bathwater--her instinct is to look the other way if impacts her bottom line.

I hear Boris Badinov and his wife Natasha are looking for work....! Maybe they can hire on with the Pootster!

[steve2470]

40. I stumbled across an article in the Moscow Times

I won't link to it here for obvious reasons, but this writer was convinced a war was going to happen between Russia and Ukraine. Neo-nazi takeover of Ukraine, the whole nine yards. If THAT is what Putin and his bunch really think...Ukraine and its allies are in for a rough ride. It was depressing to skim over it.

[Cheese4TheRat]

25. I'll reserve judgement until I see where she lands.

Most of our media washes white as well.

[Hekate]

43. +1 MADem

[steve2470]

3. video is here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/03/05/rt-anchor-quits-on-air.html

[stevil]

6. Thanks

Original link disappeared in my first edit. Edited again to re-include link.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

7. let's hope she doesn't blow it and start working for FoxNews

[steve2470]

8. would that be from frying pan to fire ? lol nt

[malthaussen]

17. She's got the right hair color... n/t

[Cleita]

24. How are her legs? Remember the short skirts so they can

sit cross legged around the coffee table. Now that is real objectification of women.

[Cleita]

9. Gutsy.

Too bad all the media whores on our MSM didn't have the same integrity while they were white washing all the crimes of the Bush administration, from the missed cues of 911, the lies leading up to wars, the neglect that caused the Katrina disaster, etc..

Many of those media personalities are still on the air.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. kick as first thread on the matter

[progressoid]

11. Yep. Here tis...

[davidpdx]

45. Yep

and bet you won't find the replay of that one on RT either. So much for the unbiased media.

[OilemFirchen]

12. Trying to adapt to the meme-o-the-day.

Does this mean that's she's now a right-wing propagandist?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

13. they are still scrambling. will probably be reported that she's a CIA plant

and this on-air resignation was orchestrated at the White House, but they'll never get to know for sure because of executive privilege.

[OilemFirchen]

16. Also possible, I guess, that she's a Nazi.

Though I'm thinking "pack your bags, you're headed to Crimea for re-education" might have set her off.

[davidpdx]

46. You forgot to add

never to be heard from again.

[Cha]

47. LoL..

"still scrambling"..

[JackRiddler]

30. No, it means she has more courage

than 99% of the whores who front for the U.S. state-corporate propaganda machinery.

[OilemFirchen]

33. Agreed.

But I was told on another thread - by more than one poster - that criticism of RT is right-wing propaganda.

Do you think her courage excuses her fascist leanings?

[Cha]

48. What are they smoking? Putin's du puppets are

a riot.

[JackRiddler]

67. Does your courage excuse your murdering kittens?

Ask leading questions, much?

[OilemFirchen]

75. Answers follow:

1) Until there is an established meme stating otherwise, no. I cannot think of any excuse for my murdering kittens.
2) Yes.

[Adrahil]

57. Obviously, just look at her: an obvious neo-nazi, coporatist stooge! NT

[SidDithers]

14. "a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin"...

That can't be true. Greenwald was telling us just the other day how independent RT really is.

Surely, Greenwald isn't wrong.

Sid

[Pretzel_Warrior]

20. Greenwald is never wrong, and he will bury you with a 10,000 word essay proving it

[OilemFirchen]

22. Or he could post an accidentally introspective tweet:

Glenn Greenwald ✔ @ggreenwald

Whiny columnists who sit on Twitter taking endless pot shots, then publicy self-victimize the minute someone says something critical of them
9:30 AM - 28 Sep 2013

[Cha]

49. greenwald projecting again.. Boom.

[leftynyc]

52. Is that a true Greenwald tweet?

I can't believe he is that unbelievably un-self aware. He's describing himself perfectly. He's the king of whiny journalists.

[OilemFirchen]

76. Yes.

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/383946820461678592

[Cheese4TheRat]

26. Would you like some more straw?

[SidDithers]

27. Welcome to DU...

Sid

[Cheese4TheRat]

37. Do you really think Glenn Greenwald is that much of a hack?

And if so, who are the reporters, if any, that you consider good sources?

[leftynyc]

62. Can't speak for the poster

but yes, I think Greenwald is a hack. In answer to your other question, I like Richard Engle and Christiane Amanpour.

[Cheese4TheRat]

73. I used to like Christiane Amanpour.

Now, not so much. But I appreciate your recommendations.

[snooper2]

72. Anybody who works for VICE

You know that is a pretty cool handle...


Don't go and get it lost till the end of time now

[Cheese4TheRat]

77. I really want to use my handle as my job title for taxes this year.

But that's maybe not a good idea.

[toby jo]

28. We had an uncle in Hungary during the revolution, (late '50s) he came over in the '60s for a visit

I still remember how 'hooded' he seemed. I guess they say that he was always looking over his shoulder, he thought 'they' were watching him all the time. As though they would come over just to follow unc Bela around, but, maybe they had people over here watching, don't know.

Most of the family came over about 1905.

Good for Liz, I'd say she won't go to Fox, they'd be nervous about her pulling integrity on them, too.

[another_liberal]

29. That better paying job with Fox . . .

I would imagine, she just found out that better paying job with Fox has been finalized by her agent.

[BBR Esq]

31. Yeah, that must be it.

Couldn't be that RT is biased.

[another_liberal]

34. You know . . .

She does remind me of that beautiful young woman, the one who told us about how those beastly Iraqi soldiers threw all of the little babies out of their incubators. She's so moving, so sincere and so beautiful.

[stevil]

35. When she gets a job with FOX....

Let us know. Until then you don't really have much. Apart from comments of course.

[Cha]

51. thank you. Apart from

insipid comments.

[geek tragedy]

36. This passionate love for RT has become self-parody. nt

[Adrahil]

59. I can hardly believe I'm reading it. NT

[JackRiddler]

69. Your strawmanning doesn't qualify.

Too unconscious and unfunny. Sorry.

[The Magistrate]

42. You Get More Milage Out Of Those Babies, Sir, Than Hill and Knowlton Ever Did....

"Jokes divide into two types, those which are funny always, and those which are funny once."

[another_liberal]

55. I'ver never even mentioned them until now.

But this "Freedom-loving" darling was just a bit too much.

[JackRiddler]

68. More mileage than the highway of death?

More mileage than the murder of a few hundred thousand people by fire and by the consequences of destroying the infrastructure and poisoning the water supply?

The bloody consequences of Hill and Knowlton's lie are not a joke, sir.

[The Magistrate]

74. They May Not Be, Sir, But Their Brandishing As Totems Here Definitely Is

"You know who else liked jelly omelets? HITLER!!!

[another_liberal]

54. Why did she take a job there in the first place?

I mean, if Russia and Putin are so awful and all?

[Adrahil]

58. Seriously? How far in the tank for the Kremlin ARE you?

I suppose you're going to assert that RT's coverage is "fair and balanced" next. Ya know, I've largely written off this "paid agent" thing, but you're making me rethink it. I have a hard time believing anyone can be THAT gullible as to swallow Putin's bullshit hook, line, and sinker.

[Mosaic]

38. Of course RT is biased

I knew that from the start. To get to the truth you have to contrast and compare all media, right, left, foreign, eastern, western, etc. Our media is mostly corporate, we all know that now as fact, and being corporate nobody can really trust it to reveal truths that matter to moral citizens, like anything a corporation wants to hide, or nationalistic and imperialistic BS that goes on in DC. Truth is hard earned by reading multiple sources, it's not for everybody, except the most noble among us.

[Adrahil]

60. Yes... read lots of sources.

I do. I even glance at RT from time to time, though lately it's such a mouthpiece that I've found it useless.

[Junkdrawer]

50. Here's how you can tell it's organic and not a Mockingbird staged event...

You can't

[BeyondGeography]

53. Putin pays good money for RT

How dare she.

[malaise]

61. And she'll now head for Fox News

Propaganda is still propaganda regardless of the station or country