DC radio station ordered to register as Russian agent

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a radio station in Washington, D.C. must register as a Russian foreign agent.

U.S. District Court Judge Robin Rosenburg ruled in favor of the Justice Department (DOJ) in finding that RM Broadcasting, which airs Sputnik International broadcast 24/7 from Moscow, is a foreign principal, WTOP reported.

RM, a Florida-based company owned by an American named Arnold Ferolito, argued in a lawsuit that it was only buying and reselling airtime to Rossiya Segodnya, the Russian Federation government-owned news agency.

RM in 2017 agreed to broadcast the agency’s communications continuously without edit until 2021, AP reported.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/442659-dc-radio-station-ordered-to-register-as-russian-agent

[Turbineguy]

1. It's the thin end of the wedge!

Camel's nose under the tent!

Next they'll want Trump to register as a foreign agent.

[lagomorph777]

3. Fux Noise should be forced to register as a RUssian Agent.

[Duppers]

11. 👏 👍

There ya go.

[smb]

14. Don't Forget The NRA (Nefarious Russian Agents) nt

[lagomorph777]

15. After the smoke of the Wayne & Ollie gunfight has cleared, there is the NRA Roubles scandal.

That will ultimately be their final downfall. They've suckered all the faux patriots into believing that the arms dealers' trade association is the church they should attend. Then the masks come off and it turns out their "pope" is Vladimir Putin.

[ffr]

4. +1

That would be pure Karma.

[Perseus]

5. "Next they'll want Trump to register as a foreign agent."

And they should!

[calimary]

8. And well he should, too.

He IS for all intents and purposes a Russian agent.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

2. The Chinese gov't made similar deals a few years ago buying all airtime of several U.S. stations nt

[ArizonaLib]

6. With reasoning like "Only buying and selling airtime"

sounds like representation by Baghdad Bill Barr, who can say "No" to answer whether Trump said or knew something, only to explain later that when he answered "No" that it referred to something else. Word twisting to the point of lying. Remember when Reagan said "But in my heart...." about Iran Contras? Not only was it the weakest of wiggles, but it was under his watch. Not even a 'hey...good intentions leading to a massive screw up of doing business with terrorists'. That's where all this leads.

Sounds like Rossiya Segodnya managed to not only get their Tokyo Rose into D.C., but arrange for an entire radio station.

[Wounded Bear]

7. They are exploiting the Bill of Rights to invade our minds...

[yaesu]

10. Good point! nt

[LibFarmer]

9. That was a no-brainer

A fifth grader could have made that ruling.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. What ticks me off is that this was the old bluegrass station.

WAMU Is Selling Its Bluegrass Country Station

[nitpicker]

17. Different station, maybe same content

http://www.insideradio.com/free/judge-orders-washington-station-owner-to-file-as-a-federal/article_1ded1f1a-71d2-11e9-835a-8f75ea0592b0.html

(snip)
A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the owner of a Washington, DC radio station must register as a foreign agent for leasing WZHF (1390) to Russian government-controlled Radio Sputnik.
(snip)

Rossia Segodnya news service has also leased the Reston, VA-licensed translator W288BS at 105.5 FM since July 2017 from Reston Translators, a company controlled by communications attorney John Garziglia. It pays $900,000—or $30,000 per month—for use of the Washington, DC market translator through December 2019. Unlike RM Broadcasting, Reston Translators made a foreign agent filing with the Justice Department.
(snip)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Whoops. They started up operations on the same frequency, 105.5 MHz, that had been used by

the old bluegrass station. My bad.

[chowder66]

13. Hell democrats and news personalities should register as Russian Agents.

That way either the dumbasses will start listening to us or they will turn on everything Russia. It's a win win!

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. When you present the worst legal argument possible as the centerpiece of your defense,

it isn't going to end well.

"We're just reselling air time to a hostile foreign government."

Really? THAT is what you went with?