RT reporter quits over their coverage of the Ukrainian plane crash.

[kwassa]

A reporter for a global Russian TV channel resigned over what she called the Kremlin-funded station's "disregard for the facts" in its coverage of the downing of the Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine.

Sara Firth, based in London, quit Friday morning after five years with RT, calling Thursday's coverage "the straw that broke the camel's back for me," she told the Press Gazette after tweeting her departure. She had worked for the Moscow-based outlet for five years.

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"It's the level of disrespect for the facts that really bugs me," she said.

"I couldn't do it any more, We're lying every single day. Every single day we're lying & finding sexier ways to do it."

In a Twitter exchange with another RT correspondent before she resigned, Firth said that they spread "lies" and that they "work for Putin."

"We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth," she tweeted.

Firth told the Press Gazette hours later that the RT style manual tells the editorial staff to cast blame on Ukraine, or any other factor, instead of Russia. "It's scary that it's genuine RT guidance on how to do a story, and you have to believe it to succeed there. You stop believing that what they say is the way it is and you stop being useful to them."
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RT, formerly Russia Today, began broadcasting in English in 2005, and then added coverage in Spanish and Arabic. The station says it "provides an alternative perspective on major global events, and acquaints international audience with the Russian viewpoint." Critics call it a mouthpiece for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin foreign policy.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/18/malaysia-airlines-russian-reporter-quits/12847251/

[R3druM]

1. Not the first one to quit...

Nor will be the last.

[All_Corners]

2. Ethics... Better late than never...

[whistler162]

3. I would suggest staying away from

bridges and guys with umbrellas for awhile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov#Assassination

[GeorgeGist]

4. Still better than Fox ...

none of their personalities ever quit in outrage.

[kwassa]

5. Faint praise, indeed.

actually, they are not better than Fox, but worse, as they represent the official propaganda of an entire nation.