Do we live in a ‘post-truth’ world? Legions of ‘fact-checkers’ were put to work during both the recent US elections and the British EU referendum, but they faced an uphill battle. The amount of energy necessary to refute rubbish is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
Voters would often accuse both sides of lying equally, and stopped listening to the arguments altogether. In an age of social media, it’s getting easier and easier to retreat into ‘echo chambers’ of like-minded friends, shutting out critical voices and being fed stories by algorithms that reinforce your own worldview. The same thing happened during the 2014 Ukraine crisis, when Russian and Western media seemed to be living on entirely different planets.
During the 2016 Security Jam (the report of which can be read here), participants were asked the question: Which media do you most trust? 54% said ‘European’, 25% said ‘None’, 16% said ‘American’, 5% said ‘Other’. And… 0% said ‘Russian’.
We had a comment from Catherine, who argues that there is “no doubt” that Russian media like RT has biased views. But she adds that Westen media also has its own prejudices and biases. Are both sides guilty of the same thing?
To get a response, we spoke to David Satter, an American journalist who has been writing about Russia (and, before it, the Soviet Union) since the 1970s. Did he agree with Catherine that Western media outlets have their own biases?
There are biases in the way that the Western media seeks to interpret the truth, but the mission of RT is different. RT’s mission is not the truth, but rather political support for the objectives of the Russian regime, and those include undermining Western democratic countries. Even the most unprofessional Western news outlet is nonetheless trying to convey the objective truth. That’s not true in the case of RT, which has no interest whatsoever in any objective reality, but is on the contrary pursuing a completely different mission, which is to propagandise the Western audience.
To get another perspective, we also spoke to Daniel Milo, Senior Research Fellow at the GLOBSEC Policy Institute, and an expert on Russian propaganda. What would he say to Catherine?
Catherine raises a valid point about different media outlets having different opinions on geopolitical questions, on the economy, or on international politics. That’s a good thing, and nobody is suggesting we should see any kind of censorship, where only one perspective should be allowed. That’s not the case.
However, the main difference between Russian media and Western media is the fact that RT, Sputnik, and other Russian news outlets are directly controlled and financed by the Russian state. That’s not the case with the BBC, which is a public broadcaster, and that’s not the case with CNN or the other news outlets which we have in Europe or in the US, where you have a media plurality. In the US, for example, there is Fox News, which promotes the Republican point of view, and you have CNN or MSNBC which are more pro-Democratic, so you have this media pluralism…
Another important element is also that RT and other Russian news outlets have been caught lying repeatedly. There are sites such as stopfake.org and others which have documented repeated cases of fake news, of hoaxes, of using experts who are actually not experts… These are maybe some of the important differences between Western media and Russian media.
Do you trust Russian media? Should we accept that both Russian and Western media have their own biases, and take each with a grain of salt? Or does Russian media have as its core mission to promotion of the Russian state, rather than reporting the objective truth? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below, and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!
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Yes, I trust Russian media – RT.com with love :)
Yes, I believe Russian media! Thanks RT!
Sure, a channel from Russia about USA – check their documentaries, like there is nothing to tell good or bad about Russia, only some low quality pulp fiction about the “rotting” world of the West.
the point is: do you trust media?
Indeed this is the point. Media are not financed by readers anymore, but by governments and business, who seek to promote their own interests. In Russia, Europe, the USA or anywhere else, you can’t trust media. You use them to analyse their distorted views and then form your own opinion.
I do, but not the RT: I have seen all critics of the Russian Goverment being silenced and some being killed. Some journos have been forced to flee russia – like https://meduza.io
Absolument! I was lost wz all lies of western media. Had to see others and RT was soo clear. I understood everything. And what i understood is terrifying! West lies right now
hope you’re not serious. They’re as worse as any other biased media outlet.
Marian Rodu of you’d had to choose between CNN, RT, BBC, or EURONEWS. Which one would you think is more credible?
Euronews. Less biased of all.
The RT just sucks in all the losers and extremely radical people like Sarah. It feeds on their lack of education, fears and paranoia
A breath of fresh air is rt and sputnik news. There honest and say truths that us and uk media always hide or lie about.
My questions is why you do that?
Le but des mondialistes est de faire de nous des consommateurs sans âmes et pour cela il faut faire des guerres pour que tout le monde soit pareil!
@Rémi Martin: Flawless logic.
Never
Yes!
They are biased, but not as much biased as CNN and other leftist media.
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Western media stopped reporting the news and started giving opinions along time a go so why would Russia media be any different.
Yes i am
We don’t trust media at all, cause there are not a single media source that would report independent news, not propaganda buldshaft…
you really think that de EU media are better?
I do, at least I can see an open discussion of public matters, different channels favour different opinions, one is free to chose what to believe. Everyone in Russia knows their politicians are among the world’s most corrupt ones, but there are no news on that. All channels are controlled by the Goverment related institutions and companies and have the same way too positive view on Russia
NNoooooo, this is propaganda 10000% like in Soviet Union :P
Because do you trust western medias? Really?
Rémi Martin Because I know Russian modern history, its practicly always the same.
Western propaganda is much worse than Soviet one.
Milen Penev …. You don’t know what You talkning about….
Western propaganda is at least 100 years old and more professional illusion than Russian. The best decision is to watch both because they expose their rival LIES.
Of course not. What kind of fool would?
This is a joke, right? I don’t know Russian media, but surely it can’t be worst than western media.
History….read it.
You don’t know Russian media but have an opinion on it. Cool :)
Na i just trust CNN, Fox and all that shitty media corps…..
As much as I trust our “Good” ” independant” media !!! You guys like jokes 😂😂😂😂😂
I look at russian media, usa media, take 50%, mixed the other 50% and make a average….works always!
I trust my judgement and critical spirit. I hold my skepticism always if it looks sketchy and I cross check through multiple media outlets if it looks and feels kind of sketchy.
Ricardo Santos Marques I trust my judgement and critical spirit. I hold my skepticism always if it looks sketchy and I cross check through multiple media outlets if it looks and feels kind of sketchy.
Is there a pattern or is it just me?
I trust the western media much less, the British media hides all of the important stuff, like policies being passed etc., and fill the media with trite, boring, shite like the Kardashians. Oh and wall to wall Brexit and Trump was all over the media instead of the UN’s damning report on how the British government are treating their sick and disabled and flogging off the NHS amongst other serious things.
http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/meanwhile-in-britain.html
I don’t trust Russian media but I don’t trust western media as well.
I don’t trust EU media or government. I don’t care about Russian media. Not Russian.
Real question is: Do you trust European media? No, No No. Do you trust Russian media: Yes, Yes, Yes. Russian media show facts and evidences, European media use only lies and stupid mantras. European media underestimate peoples intelect. And lose.
Much more than mainstream western media. Presenting russian media with an image of pinocchio is a typical sign of manipulation
The question should be more likely; “Why we doesn’t trust western media anymore?”
Trust in media depends directly on prosperity and economy. Dangerous atmosphere rises skepticism. Calm atmosphere make people ignore facts as conspiracy theory.
All media especially the biggest ones ..obey to governments so they became a kind of mirror … and reporting not the reality…
Not really, the governements obey to the owners of the medias who pay for their campagn!
Unbelievable answer!! From where he catched that idea? I worked inside a ministry and witnessed PERFECTLY how it works!.. wake up my dear !
@Nadia Dereguardati: Let me guess… you’re Italian?
No nly ..
Hah, the main propaganda comes from “serious” media like CNN, BBC, Deutsche Welle and etc. I find more and more articles in western media as tendentious and intended to manipulate the society in the name of certain political interest.
So basically before asking for the Russian media, which are not vastly spread in EU, ask if we trust you! More over, we know this media are Russian and we expect certain doses of “overexposure”, but we trust the western one like an institution so their propaganda is much, much more dangerous!
This story has an obviously propagandistic intent and the “facts” it cites to support its case are so selective, they might as well have been made up. I don’t blindly trust Russian state media sources but on balance I trust them at least as much as their western counterparts.
ALL media all over are untrustable
This story has an obviously propagandistic intent and the “facts” it cites to support its case are so selective, they might as well have been made up. I don’t blindly trust Russian state media sources but on balance I trust them at least as much as their western counterparts.
Come to think of it (and having read the comments) this piece is basically Neoliberal clickbait, is it not? Hands up the troll / corporate shill who wrote it!
I’m afraid you’re right. But it might nevertheless send a message to our masters :-)
Who is responsible for this “Debating Europe”?
Do you trust Fox News?
Nope
well more than DW BBC
Cani morti! :P
Do we trust EUROPEAN media??? It’s european media that really metters to us!!!
“Russian” media is very broad term. Kremlin funded media has 70% truth and 30% non-intrusive propaganda (which just shows one or another person or group in a different way). You can’t really feely the difference which is what, unless you’ve been there, and it slowly brainwash you.
There are no english speaking, non-Kremlin funded channels.
The rest of free Russian media is in russian, hence not available to you.
Disagree. I live in Bulgaria. I watch all news and trust Russia more than the western propaganda
Ellen you are brainwashed.
There is no other way to put it.
You believe “fascists in Ukraine” crap?
If you do…YOU ARE brainwashed.
Every news media has its personal interpretation of the truth, and its truth that (tries to) keep hidden.
It’s just a matter of what is useful to who
No, I don’t trust Russian media – presented the 1968 invasion of Warsaw Pact troops to Czechoslovakia was a brotherly help from the other socialist nations as a Western-backed armed coup was underway, which was total nonsense.
I don’t trust european ones either
No. I don’t trust any media from former comunist country.
Note FORMER
Well, yes, this is also true. Teoreticaly former :)
More than I trust the American media!
But that’s not an endorsement!
More than I trust western (US/EU) media!
nice to see that russian propaganda is still successful!
Cris Hova Likewise, nice to see that western propaganda is more successful and influence naive people like you.
And that the west have more wars than Russia. Get educated man
No. Never
No Russian no western media
As much as western media!
stop the russian western bullshit. another Trump may be voted in europe
More than the western media.
European media is in the hands of only a few people and is manipulated and biased to the point of being ridiculous.
Dutch media work for George Soros, as do thier american counterparts.
We in the netherlands get a daily barrage of anti-trump medicine in the corporate news. But i know for a fact that most of the dutch see the western media for what it is, a corporate biased untrustworthy lipservice. The facts dont matter, only what they want you to know.
Every single night since trump became president weve been inundated with anti-trump slogans , adverts, and news stories on tv. Thier laying it on a bit thick. Everybodys starting to see thru the B.S.
Ive never seen the eurolovers so scared since trump, espessially our dutch academy award winner frans timmermans , what an actor. With elections coming up the silent majority will be heard, and the europhiles will scatter like roaches.
So no i dont trust the russian media , but i distrust the western media even more.
Why are you focusing specifically on the Russian media? Because they are better at presenting the truth? I have heard about the panic that “Russia is winning the propaganda war” with the Western media. This question seems to look for answers why. I think they are winning simply because they are not showing any propaganda (politically motivated lies), unlike the Western channels. There is bias, however, in terms of omitting certain parts of the truth that may be inconvenient, but all media do that. For example, if you want to know about the situation in Eastern Aleppo, watch Al Jazeera, Euronews, BBC, CNN. For news and reports about Western Aleppo – watch RT. Every media shows you only what it wants you to see. The truth is always bigger than that and you should build your own picture of it after seeing many points of view, not just one.
Correct question is “do you trust media?”
I use not to trust entirely in midia, In the time of the Soviets the theme was not sweet. But since I have been in contact with Russian friends, about what they think of the critical issues and issues raised by Putin. I think there has been more confidence to be able to bend over to some positions (eg Putin’s position on climate change and the war in Syria). The only theme that I think is very sensitive and very divided is the Crimean theme. I do not know if it would be a theme to give as lost and in the face of it try to find a point of convergence. After all the Russians have never been so “friendly” to the US and the Euro. Do not we need Russian gas?
Maybe this whole argument back from the Crimea is that it’s being the rock in the shoe. (That is to undermine the opinions of the media, I confess that of the Russians I have read everything, powders and cons and it is difficult to find a border of what is not …..)
Yes and just how many wars have the good old USA fought on home soil. Think about it
柯勤 (Dmitry)
No
Yes
yes
There is a constant decline in people’s trust in the media all over the world, which leads to media being less independent economically, which leads to media being less trustworthy, so it is a vicious cycle. One solution to this could be the nationalization of the media – but, alas, people already do not trust their governments. It seems there is no way out of this sad situation.
Hell no
Just that much as the US , UK or the German media. More questions? http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielmitchell/2014/03/03/ukraine-ethnic-division-decentralization-and-secession/
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/04/demonisation-russia-risks-paving-way-for-war
This issue is not even to be discussed… only people with washed brains in western world by the MSM, main stream media, migth be cheated by those MSM… and believe the lies they deliver…. it is too much … always lying.. lying… propaganda… be ashamed… just follow the NEW YORK TIMES… who adresses a open letter to the USA people telling them that from now on they will stop lying and they will report honestly whatever.. of course they are lying but at least they recognized they were liyng… stop. Only Russia Media… Chinese Media say the true about world politics and national politics..
No Media should be Trusted! They are all corrupted, especially the European! :)
But in Russia you have only media who are allowed by KGB
Which media told you that?
I don’t really care about Russian media, I don’t read it. What I care about is being able to trust western media, European media, and the media in my country in particular. And I don’t have a lot of faith in media
Educate yourself have a look
I am not interested in Russian media, you know why? I expect them to be biased. I expect Western, European, and my country’s media to be objective, I actually hold them to a standard
Is there freedom of speech in Russia!
Trust must be earned, and once earned needs upkeep, so no I obviously don’t trust Russian media, or any media for that matter. What I do trust is my own judgement and the fact that somebody somewhere on this wonderful powerful global device that is the internet will be telling the truth (or at least their own perspective of the truth) about anything I wish to know more about.
What media??? It’s only Propaganda!!
Never.
Do you trust to western media?
http://theduran.com/confirmed-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-will-meet/
Soon all EU leaders that push for wars and regime change will go in hell … Hollande and Merkel must go, Teresa May must go.
Same thing everywhere
Mateusz Pielka, Jean-Pierre Rosa, Fernando Nabais, Ante Radnić, Cyril Saplachides Davide Di Rienzo Liana Maican Let’s watch CNN!
CNN authenticity: 😂😂😂
Video about Ukraine filmed in Syria :D
https://youtu.be/XACtGX9KSxE
Noapte buna!
Just as much as I trust the European and North American media.
Do you trust in media? :)
The Western governments abuse words and notions in a way similar to Orwell’s Newspeak. They speak of freedom and mean war. They speak of democracy and mean enslavement to the banks. RT is not independent, but neither is CNN or BBC. RT is like the child from Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, the child that dares cry out loud that the Emperor is naked.
I love the comment section of this page. 9 times of 10, people bash the question. 😂
I trust Russian Media mouch more than western corrupt Media , and they prove it in the US elections. They was all wrong ! Better take a look at WIKILEAKS
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Much more than we trust Western media (except Euronews that is :) )
but yes russian media is more trustful. we need a independent midia that report the true without hidden agenda.
Never gonna happen. They all government backed
not so sure about the russian media,but i do NOT trust the western media at all.btw,this post’s picture,is pure propaganda.
ur right !! you see it. they put a pinocchio to picture russian midia, pure propaganda.
well,it shοws the audience who want to answer the question what to answer.so,yes.it is.
Just read the comments to know the true ! No one trust western corrupt media anymore !
I trust RT far more than I trust the BBC, Sky, CNN and so on. It is so easy to be certain they are selling a propaganda line to what they believe are a bunch of illiterate sheeple. And it grates.
They lie so badly it becomes embarrassing. Not to mention a feeling of utter insult to the listener.
At very least RT give the assurance they consider the viewers intelligent enough to have a debate of facts, even if they push their views somewhat.
Take the Ukraine debacle for example. Would the West have liked being surrounded by nuclear bases on Wales, or, Austria? And then be told ‘well it is ours because we had an illegal coup and took it.’ The EU, UK and USA tried to pull a fast one. After watching that and hearing the creeps Nuland, Ashton and others, it finished me with them. Dummies they looked and sounded. Additionally, trying to create a war with Russia after it. Putting all our lives in danger. European as well as Russian. That takes the cake of self destruction.
Talk about nonsense. You don’t like RT because they tell it like it is. Most of the time that is and truth gets in the craw of liars.
In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act
George Orwell.
Do we trust western media?
If i trust Russia’s media. The ones wich are directly supported by Mr. Putin’s regime? Of course not. Does anyone serious and that belives in the values of democracy and liberty can trust in anything with originated by his regime? Nop! Be serious, come on! This does validate any universal truth about western media righteousness…
Are the media directly supported by Soros or other private individuals with certain political views more trustworthy? I don’t think so.
The question you should make is: Do you trust mainstream western media? And the answer of course is “NO!”. American elections was the biggest proof.
Why don’t you ask about them and instead you ask about russian media? It really makes you wonder…
Just the way Jill Stein, a third candidate for the Green Party, was totally “forgotten” by the US media tells you how independent they are.
No.
russian media american media no brainer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Niet!
i dont believe western media thats for certain. seen too many lies
Never
What about EU media?
Yes i trust Russian Media 100 times more than EU dictature media.
Да,я верю!Що?!
The difference between Russian media and all other media throughout the world differ from one another not so much based on nationality, but on the ownership and the ideas of the authors. I trust Russian media, when talking on Russian life and politics much more than Western media speculating on the same subject. I’m not Russian, but luckily I can make the difference by using various sources. Visiting many EU countries, I notice, that Europeans don’t really get authentic information on Russian affairs, let alone to have a trustworthy opinion on the credibility of Russian media. I wonder what a Russophobe group has been questioned to get that “zero” answer at the beginning?!?
MORE THAN ALL AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS,OWNED BY ONE PERSON-SOROS.HE OWNS EVEN YOUR ORGANIZATION)))GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROPAGANDA,BUT BE AWARE,!!
Lol you puppet fools
Не харесвам повода за подобна анкета, но много харесах 99% от 107-те отговора. Моя пост се задържа доста време, да бъдел прегледан от модератора!!!
as much as European media, not need to talk about the american
Go in Rasha
Nope. Never did, never will.
Rusian media is total sh*t! Only in Best (North ) Korea is worst
In Bulgaria is worst in EU, but still better than Russian
Yes. RT is the only media who speaks the truth. All European media are a ECO of US propaganda. VERY; VERY BAD.
You get more ‘news’ from RT and Al Jazeira than you do fron BBC, CNN, FOX and NBC.
The idea of media plurality in Europe does not translate in what I see on the news of different TV channels and websites everyday. Western media frequently speak in one voice about the same topics and perspectives can be really narrow. They rarely question or defy the established elites — who happen to own or control them. Private does not necessary mean independent — assuming that it means is a fallacy per se.
Very true. All media are dependent on those who own them and fund them, regardless of whether it is the government or private individuals. There really is no independent media!
ahahahahahaha european progressive libturtds on suicide watch with clickbait articles like this
Russians are not trustworthy?
First, show us who is, and then we can talk aboout the Russians.
NO
Yes they tend to speak the truth that western media hides
EU hiring ‘myth-busters’ on Russian propaganda https://euobserver.com/foreign/128352
Same as “European” media – cheap propaganda everywhere..
i am trusting russian media much more than…west european media
You never was under russian boot. You can’t even imagine what how could it be. Nothing can be worse. Russian propaganda is horrific. I hope you will never know how it is to be dominate by Russia. All my best.
hahahaha
“Hahaha” what ? Learn some history instead laughing .
Ungenerous Greeks are flirting with their once enemies, those people they were once saved from.
Idiots
Dino Boy Mican, I am from o former comunist country. I agree with you.
If you been from a former comunist country, blame your govern not the russians.
They been saved from the nazis whith the suport of the comunists, don’t mess the real history.
Big rasha propaganda
Dino Boy Mican we were enemies with the comunsts..and you should know..from whom came the comunist ideas..we were never enemies with Russia and the Russian people
Corina-Mirela Rotaru,
Dino Boy Mican,
Todor Sarov,
Can you please come back to the present time? Today we have Russia, not Soviet Union! There is a difference between the two!
Russian media are better then EU media!
Sure?
Much more reliable than US/UK and Eu corporate media, for sure. NYT even had to apologize for ‘inaccurately reporting’ the elections and had to promise they would ‘report us and world news accurately’. They were pushing clinton against all odds.
not to mention wmds in iraq and earlier scandals.
corporate media in the west is totally unreliable. Russian media, compared to west, comes up as shining beacons of journalism at least for things which are happening in the west. For what’s happening is so horrible that you dont need to fake or do propaganda – just report them accurately – that will do.
No they are not trustworthy at all
George Bekatoros let me repeat my own perspective without any references or reasoning so that you can in turn do the same. that way we can keep insisting for days and it will be very productive.
Russians could never be trusted
But you trust Obama, Clinton, The corrupt EU and of course the biggest Mafia of all Brussels
Why is an adjective that necessary? Make it simple: Do. You. Trust. Media? ☺
Bla Bla Bla !
NO
I don’t trust Russian media, but I don’t trust Western media either. The stories are manipulated and facts omitted. Apart from the censorship that we are seeing, including on this page.
No, I believe on you neither!
Don’t trust EU Media, BBC, etc. Russian Media’s way more credible.
I trust Russian media more than western European media ofcourse.
Ха ха русофил прост
Стегни се е момче.
Haveria que perguntar porquê surge esta pergunta, so pode vir de algum imbécil que crê que os europeus ainda necessitamos de dirigimos. Que pena esta Europa comandada por imbecis.
Que pergunta mais imbecil.
I will take RT over the BBC and the rest of the bought and paid for UK Media..
Me too
Ha-haa! Zombies.
Putler..KGB propaganda
Забелязваш ли колко си самотен?
Напротив,а ти си в стадото тролове..жалък
Better than the left soros media
Soros lol hahaha
YES, I trust more on WIKILEAKS than CNN or SOROS LEFT MEDIA……….
YES I DO … RUSSIANS ARE HONEST, but you – you are not !
YES I DO… BUT YOU – YOU AVOID THE TRUE THE WAY YOU LIKE OR THE WAY, SOROS INSTRUCTS YOU…
Si media si politicul e pe logica de dupa gard apare un nas si apare si el dups vreun ceas !
More than BBC OR CNN
Yes ! 100%
Most media in russia are controlled by the Kremlin. Most media in the USA are controlled by private corporations with their own interests. Whether it’s RT or Fox news you will see and hear what they want you to see and hear.
Nowadays RT is more like what use to be Radio Free Europe back in the communist regime. And western mainstream media is what use to be propaganda tv in the communist era.
PS: I am from a former communist country and I know what censorship (or disinformation) looks like ;)
RT is the same lying propaganda channel as Free Europe was in the 80’s. Don’t trust ANY Mainstream Media !
sometimes yes – РИА Новости, anounced that Russian backed separatist group had knocked off a big Ukrainian military plane.Few minutes after that anouncement it was clear that the plane was Malayzian jet plane with more than 280 passengers onboard…
russia will be the new global super power and we will have the necessary balance..and please do not tell me about history which i know well..and to talk about democracy and brainwash of the mass media…everybody knows…that the west mass media are experts in this…
no way! never trust russian media!
We can’t do anything about Russian media but we can do something about the corrupt Europeas media. Anyway I know nothing about ‘Russian’ media. I do read RT however and know they are generally less biased than corporate Europeas media.
Well, a bit more than Western media.
Esma Klico :D
Yes but you can watch the BBC if you are a complete idiot
I don’t rust any Mainstream Media !
Yes i trust Russia media
Russia media, hilarious! :D
Yes, of course.
Always watch the RT news it’s more truthful than the BBC
As an individual capable of thinking, I do not trust ANY media. :)
90% of RT is so biased it is comical – altho’ the “Max Kaiser” and “Sputnik” shows are notable exceptions.
75% of USA news is biased – altho’ even hyper-biased “Fox News” provided me with information on Clinton that no other news network provided.
50% of UK news is biased especially [unfortunately] BBC news.
100% of Euronews is biased – indeed there are political programmes on Sundays shown on Euronews that contravene British law – when PRESS TV did likewise they were fined and ultimately banned!
All writers, reporters and journalists write or speak with a bias. That is human nature.
Some of them with a bias of their own. Others with a bias they are paid to have.
RT backs its news and debate programmes up with intelligent input. The best the BBC can do is choose an audience by its political vote, like Question Time. What a farce that is. Without doubt, every single question leans toward votes they want to hear of but invariably find, in the ballot box, to be a sham. Dimbleby is paid to keep his mouth shut and fan the government line. Which no matter where they say they lean, is exactly the same as the opposing view. We have one party, not a democracy.
This is proven by the Brexit vote. It was so huge they found they could not do enough to rig it. So the pretence at shock with the result. They knew full well the people were for out, but, they didn’t realise it was so big.
The BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and ITV simply read the feed and from that they know what has to be followed. And then look surprised when their lies are exposed. As in Brexit, Trump and so on.
Time they all fell flat on their faces.
Do you really believe all the people in their jobs for political correct reasons, women, ethnics, elderly, disabled are going to push the boat out for truth and honest information? Please, don’t underestimate the public intelligence.
The nearest to the truth you can get is, RT Cross Talk, Sophie and Co and going Underground. Larry King is a Hilary Klingon, so he is an establishment man who couldn’t allow himself to float one true line. Shame as he used to be a killer in his job.
It’s going to change now though. And soon.
We trust no Media !
This is the best post on here.
Nope.
Frightening how many IDIOTS here fall for Putler’s cheap tricks! :O
European governments should speed up trying all the possible methods which are consistent with the liberal democratic constitutional order to make the European public aware enough to become resistant to infowar strategies.
It should be treated as seriously and urgently as if Russia had actually physically invaded already, because they are effectively gaining territorial control by gaining control of the social media internet “territories” of divergent and communication-isolated social clusters on social media, which is where most politically active people get their information now, successfully hacking democratic processes in “the West” and getting nationalist populist authoritarian allies of the Kremlin elected in more and more countries now.
There are lots of civilian intelligence groups trying to fight back, but without the support of state apparatuses in our countries, they cannot possibly do enough fast enough now.
e.g. http://www.propornot.com/p/home.html and anti-infowars allies listed there.
Considering the relatively low percentage of those trusting European media and considering that you are supposed to debate about Europe (and NOT Russia), I think it would make more sense to ask the question “Do you trust European media?”
RT needs to be banned in the EU.
Judging by the huge amount of fucking morons saying a FASCIST DICTATORSHIP is “more right” in its allegations than democracies I’d say Europe is severly infected already !!
Quarantines.
De-brainwashing.
Now. This is really dangerous. The stupid can vote !
I do not trust Soros funded facebook pages.
nope, but the UE media is much stupid….
Russian media is not worse than the cheap propaganda islamistic machine that Euronews for example is :)
Do I trust any media. . Should be the question.
Yes, I trust them. I trust them a bit More, than european medias!!!
equal tu US or European media, best is to read the ones from oposite extremes, and deduce the middle term
? Western media decieve us to think that our medias are the owners of the almighty truth.
Thats a lie.
Perche” invece credi a quelli nostrani o americani lo siano ?? Tutti i media sono al servizio di qualche potere , ma certamente non per fare onesta informazione !!
Why should I trust any media in the first place. I’m able to think for myself.
Tem vezes que sim.
Do I trust CNN? Not any more after the dirty campaign against Trump.
Media ALL OVER THE WORLD serve the interests of their owners and NOTHING ELSE. I do not think anyone seriously believes that the CNN, or BBC, or RussiaToday serve the objective information !!
Therefore, better not trust any media and be informed by ALL, so maybe get closer to truth…
no media is to be trusted
EU Media is worst!
“All medias are bad”. Let’s stop one minute. In some part of the world medias are government controlled entities, in some other parts it’s private. In some other parts it’s public but free. How can you decently say that all medias are bad? OFC it’s easier to say that than have a critical mind and fact-check what you read. The current problem is people nowadays are too lazy.
YES
Nope, actually I don’t trust most of the European media..
Since I read the book of Mr. Ulfkotte, I don’t believe to ANY media. American, European, Russian, it’s all the same!!!
A bit more than the EU.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/733581/dutch-referendum-ignored-eu-rubberstamps-visa-free-travel-ukraine
I certainly put little trust in media that is obviously in bed with the EU.
This link give you an opportunity to choose a programme on RT recently Pick one and see if you ‘trust’ what it is telling you. Cross Talk is my favourite.
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/
Not
RT is leaps and bounds better than faux news cnn etc, I love the Russian perpective because 9 times out of ten its more factual than its western counterparts .This has all come about because of polish fear of Russia …. who gave the Washington post the list of fake news outlets ? who made that list up ? some shill in the whitehouse or some B grade washington post reporter .
In fact, as a mediterranean european, I must recognize: russian news agencies are incredibly objective and intellectually-challenging when compared to western trash. Always refreshing to get their position on most important matters. They are not filled with junk news and propaganda to fuel EU/US wars abroad, very questionable deeds. My advice would be: the western viewpoint enter our houses, but please always add the russian viewpoint on geopolitical issues and you’ll be enriched when finally thinking by yourself and deciding what you believe in.
I had written an article about this very topic a while back. Here’s the link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-london-love-clive-cusens. In a nutshell though, both the West and Russia are guilty of bias – although in my opinion, Russian media takes it to new heights. It is indeed a pity that information is being used as a political weapon. The days of journalistic integrity are long gone I’m afraid.
Depends what they are telling me. If they are telling me Ukrainians shot down that plane? No way. If they are telling me expect rain instead of sunshine tomorrow in Madrid? Sure.
who shot down airplane?
Goran Batovanja Pro-Russian rebels shot it down. They may have assumed it wasn’t a civilian aeroplane, but they shot it down.
Real question should be: “Do you trust media? “
Just a bit more than Western media.
Every message from every source is only a message. Most issues have multiple sides to the coin. Russian media are as valuable as any other.
Yes
Never – they are full of fake news, propaganda and manipulated interpretation of precisely selected pieces of information. They are Russian state-funded and the their aim is clear: to weaken the West as strongly as possible.
No way! I will never trust Russia, not only Russian media! Pro Russians don’t have basic knowlege of Russian history in relation with neighbour countries.
Why should i trust ANY media? Rubbish always , and especially during a war: they are only propaganda, both sides.
Same much like in US.media … none’!!!
I dont trust to any media.
Nowadays, I don’t trust any media.
I don’t follow Russian media, I don’t care, I care about being able to trust European and Western media
Russia is part of Europe.
sorry i can’t resist :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSZfHN-zT2w LOL
No. After so many lies in them why should I
It’s much harder to trust Russian media than western media
Yes, I trust the Russian state media more than I trust western corporate media. It seems to have more invested in maintaining standards of objective truth. Sure, the former has a propaganda function, but, unlike the latter, its narratives are rarely constructed in the basis of outright lies.
I have never seen any Russian media. I am not familiar with the language. I do not trust media. I trust people.
No.There is no freedom of speech or press in Russia.
Așa servere de 2 bani aveți ? Toată lumea intră în ele ? De ce nu desființați sistemul , dacă vă tot plîngeți ?
if they would say Putin deserves an International Criminal Court incrimination or an incrimination whatsoever, yes, I would trust them
No. Never done. Just novaja gazeta is worth trusting and independent one.
I don’t trust the media, from Russia or anywhere else. Remember the US elections? The victory of Hillary Clinton was a sure thing in the media.
As a normal intelligent person, surely I dont trust media, any media, but I do prefer the Russian, it’s just another point of view
People that say the doesnt trust ANY media fall tragically in a trap of fake news on ichans vchans 4chans and especially Facebook and twitter. Russian propaganda produces so much disinformation there its actually more dangerous than their real media. And you can see these poor people here they are vulnerable. They might say “its true because it came from people” or “its true because chan sites are free speech”. Even m pal from work got terribly confused by one of the infamous fake news that clinton was a pedophile and that there is a pizzeria in wasxhington with undeground tunnels into the white house for human trafficking. Stuff made up by 16 yar olds for fun is treated as major news these days because of lack of trust for the media. And actually you can count how many posters here will fall for propaganda on Facebook they will eat it lile candies. If you want to defend eu from russian disinformation look where there vulnerabilities are and as you see here in the comments eu is defenseless against social media fake news attacks because europens as you see here”trust people not media”. I think that is just a stage of the attack and we should look at the previous stages of destruction of the normal trust in media and where is that strategy going
Do I trust the Russian media? nope,..do I trust them more than our own? yes.
do you trust what you think or your lying eyes?
As much as any other media.
In Soviet Russia you don’t read the media. The media reads you :D
100% YES!!! It is disgusting how we where fed lies upon lies fron network such as cnn, sky, fox & BBC. The way they twist the truth and their double standards are unbelievable! Thankfully I have opened my eyes and believe what actually make sense and which a logical and NOT what the western media WANTS ME to believe. The west wants Russian media in Europe banned… same like whay they did with Press TV. Seems that our leaders cannot handle not just the truth but critizism.
You are totally decived by the new way of doing propaganda and manipulate information. Go back to School!
So you were fed with lies from CNN and now your are fed with lies from Russia Today. What an improvement!
Ofcorse NO!!
“Do you trust media altogether” would have been a better question.
no!
More than american media. Well no I don’t really. But what I do is to try and get news from both sidess and then try to construct a picture. Since I am in a NATO country I get of course loads of NATO propaganda, but to even it out I also listen to some Russian media as well.
NO !
If you do, you’re a moron of epic proportiions…
I only trust one media…..bbc world service…..but i follow other medias because one must be open minded and informed.
Nooo
Exactly the same as I trust European media! There is only propaganda. But being European and having access to more European media I find EU media lies much more.
I don’t trust any media. I get information from the Internet. I trust wikileaks.
Because internet is not a media, is it?
No
What media? TV: not at all. Written press: to some extend, yes.
Obviously, they are not talking about Russian media in general but Russian media in English. So, RT and Sputnik. And the answer is quite obvious…
Therefore English language media outlets Moscow Times, Medusa (EN and RU but based in Latvia). Also smaller online pages.
:))))
mhm ; But off-course :-)
Nobel Peace Prize for WikiLeaks!
Or any other media? Let’s be honest!
I don’t completely trust any media. They’re all taking their part in the hybrid war between the West and Russia. That’s why we need to be critical and check always for more than one source of information so we can weed out the complete lies from the pieces of truth.
NO
NO
As much as I trust the western media!! 😂😂😂
No, I don’t!
Never
As much as some american ones….not at all!
“Almost Totally” NOT
You have to know something in order to have an opinion. Otherwise it’ s “what you feel” ……
As the European ones.
Are you this spoiled?
Oh sorry you’re right. We’re land of freedom and truth, we’ve seen this last 10 years…
No
I don’t know Russian media but it can’t be worst than Portuguese media.
No. I usually follow mostly Western media with a smattering of non-Western media (RT, Straits Times, Korean Times, Asahi Shimbun, The Hindu, Al Jazeera) and do a factcheck myself if they contradict each other. I’m still looking for a Chinese (mainland) online newspaper in English, though.
Exactly what I do, perhaps not as thorough in regard to not using as many sources and trusting more on critical spirit and Google searches.
More than west media,
so naive
This is why you fail.
As much as I trust western media. There are no journalists workint anywhere today, truth is longer important…
Russian media? Not even once!
Hell no.
Tbh, in most things, more than the western.
Of course not but I don’t trust western media either.
I don’t trust russian nor european media.
I suggest asking Consuela from Family Guy
Friends of European proudly presents: …. 54% European – Have also asked VW who has the least emissions? LOL
NO
No trust Russia 🇷🇺 media no trust American media and no trust European media no trust media at all its all business
More than western media
NO,
Definitive no. .
No, pathetic
No.
As much as other media.
Yes
I trust russian vodka.
Just another deranged divide and conquer thread which involves out of its own angst as further evidence that the western war-banking establishment and its media has been utterly humiliated in 2016. The year has seen the total victory of Russia and the complete and utter humiliation of Obama, NATO the EU and their puppet masters.
The only media I can trust is israe(lies) media ::))
Never, of course!
no,it is propaganda criminal!
I don’t trust the liberal media either. :'( I think the best option is scepticism.
I trust Russian vodka! and konfeti!
I don’t trust any media whatsoever, they’re all only pushing the agenda their paymasters tell them to. That includes the world trusted (lol) BBC, they’re one of the worst at hiding things and only telling half truths.
Yes, I trust Russian media pretty much as much as I trust Western media.
Not at all then 3:)
If so, you got lost as that means you do not trust any one of them.
No, Neither do I trust western media ;)
As much as we trust media in general. NOT AT ALL
No
Media are sources of biased info. I read and watch both sides, and hopefully the truth is somewhere in the middle.
We can process the info, look for contradictions, hypocrisy and then we know we are being manipulated
Do you trust ANY media?
About as much as Chinese, North Korean, Cuban, Angolan or Belarussian media.
Propaganda is not information. It seems to me that in Russia information doesn’t exist. Brainwashing is an effective method that keeps people numb and very little of them escape the process in order to judge by themselves. I guess the looks is kinda modern of Russia today, but methods are quite similar to the old-fashioned Soviet Union! Effective methods to keep people quiet and if they try to disagree, they know what to expect. So No, i don’t trust Russian media cos even western media, at least some of it is not to be trusted. Imagine a media whose commander and chef is it’s own president and knows very well the power of propaganda to keep him president for life.
You have to be more fair in judging them…you can say that their scales of brainwashing are higher than yours….the Western media doing that using multi steps with employing lower scales…
Azad Maruf i am not brainwashed! Speak for yourself please! Who said i am using only media to inform myself? Propaganda is brainwashing. And that is what they do in there. I come from an ex communist dictatorship and i know what i am talking about. And that’s what they used to keep us shut!
Belinda, I’m not sure if you ever learned russian language to read and to understand their media products…? my feeling is that you never kept and learned about all the information (not propaganda) which exists on the eastern market… but not in Tirana !
Frank Hoffmann oh sure there is a good information on the weather and nature or everything else except for politics and Syria! You may speak Russian but that doesn’t mean you have all it takes to understand if their media is information or not. You don’t need to go through my fb page to see where i am from. Propaganda methods are quite the same in every ex dictatorship regime.
as well as the other ones! hahahaaa..
NO
hahh.. do you trust WORLD media?! everything is a strategy, money and power!
Lies only lies!! Fear only fear!!
Noooooo !!
By russian media you mean state propaganda? Of course not, but it’s good to know how they control and abuse their people.
NO! Even if they said Putin was dead, I still wouldn’t trust them.
Yes! ess. RT.com, RIA, Inforos and others
Here is your 1cent/post.
Barna Toth Hazugságok és a butaság …
Never
Откуда взять хорошую информацию в России? Из программ как “Пусть говорят”? Ужас!
καλα τα λες!
Matina Zavoudaki εεε μα έχει φτάσει ο κόμπος στο χτένι πια! 😝
Yes I trust Russian media more that Europeans and Americans media !!!
Because RTL news says, the illegal immigrants comes to Greece from from Lybia or Egypt. That is completle wrong. The illegal immigrants comes to Greece from Turkey from the friends of Germany and NOT from Egypt or Lybia. YES I trust the Russian media and I DON’T trust the Americans and Europeans Media at all.
“Destroy Europe Union before Europe Union destroy your country”
“Destroy Europe Union before is to late for all European Countries”
Kyriakos Topsoglou
Not Russian Media Only!! all
As much as I trust our media 😂😂😂😂
Totally. Even though they have their own reasons and agendas for sharing the truth. People appreciate the truth no matter who delivers it. That doesn’t mean we approve of everything Russia does. And we must also use discernment no matter what we are reading and from whom.
Magdalena Grünbacher Russia Today 😍 😂
😂☝🏻️
For internal affairs not that much… However RT , Sputnik are more reliable than BBC, CNN and any other mainstream media for international news particularly in relation to Syria.
Is that what you see in Turkey? Pretty sad
I’m not Turkish and I don’t live in Turkey. Keep on watching CNN… and feel sorry for jihadist terrorists.
Russian media is totally state controlled and set up to brainwash people in unprecedented level. They fabricate news, openly lie. They use media for active information warfare and disinformation against their own citizens and that is also transferred to the west in the forms like RT tv, paid trolling on youtube, facebook, cnn, bcc. and other mass media sites. Russia is basically the reason why facebook and others decided to take action to do something about false fabricated news spreading across internet. Big news outlets in the west are still bound by journalism ethics and are controlled by regulations. In russia media is state controlled and they literally lie/brainwash locals, and export these lies blended with some parts of truth (to make them believable) as part of antiwest warfare agenda EVERY DAY.
NON NIET
are you serious? trust state propaganda and disinformation?
Of course not …I’m naive, but not that much !🙄
Nope.
Absolutely not but not only Russian Media all public Media worldwide in general all we see is usually just Framing
Do you trust western corporate media?
Actually… Do you trust media?
No!
I don’t trust in Western media, either. I know they all lied in connection with the Ukrainian coup d’état, for example. And they continuously support Islamists (called moderate rebels) in Syria.
Good socialist labourer attitude! Congrats comerade!
I know the facts you don’t.
Journalists are been killed
Do you trust any media?
When/where : trust= trash
I don’t trust the media anywhere.
No
Since the glorious times when not trusting the russian media could land you in the gulag or worse….yes, unconditionally! LOL
Muuuuch more than western media…No doubt about it! At least, they don´t work for the GLOBAL ELITE…
Dumbest comment of the day. Congrats
Russia soreads propaganda globally. Its high time to shut fb down :)
Dumbest comment of the day.Congrats
As you would have any clue about russia from portugal darling. I see dozens of hungarian language pro-russia blogs on fb every day that are run on russian servers.
Barna Toth Imagine a world with no Russian media ? You would have no clue what was really going on.
Paul Im sure you can not imagine what a despotic rulership’s propaganda looks like when you were born and raised in an anglo saxon country. For any eastern european russian threat is reality. Im from Budapest, Hungary where hundred thousands of women were raped by russian soliders in 1945 and for long decades we had to celebrate the day of russian occupation as “freedom day”. please stop being naive about dictators. They mean threat to free world. Period
Much more so than Western Media – but trust is not a word I’d use for any Main Stream Media.
It’s to finally have acces to the other side. It’s always good to have other perspectives. Time to debuk the myth of journalist neutrality.
NO! In Russia free journalist is a dead person!
More than EU corrupted media of bankruptcy
Oficorse. E nos de cá tãobenhe.
No never.
Do you trust any media?
I evaluate news sources based on their ability to convey accurate data and by the amount of research they put into a topic, NOT by their country of origin.
If people did that more the world wouldn’t have a fake news problem right now plaguing Facebook and other media.
Of course not.
Russian media use facts and arguments, EU media use lies and manipulations. EU media don’t now what means word “truth”.
like any other média, what they want is some thing very different than the truth…
Yes WE DO It is the US and European mainstreem media we do not trust and there is good reason why
No, especially not when they again and again are proven to by nothing but lies and jingoistic propaganda. One can say a lot about “Western” media, but Russia is a case in itself.
I like different points of view and the freedom of press! – Why did you only ask about Russian TV? That does not sound serious? – What about US-TV and others?
Do you trust European media? D not think that the Russians are always the bad guys and us, Europeans, the good ones. There is a lot of curruptin from both sides.
One side kills journalists, the other doesn’t.
One side kills journalists, yes it’s true. The other one fools the journalists. I have already been a journalist. I know what I am talking about. Or do you think that the media owners are only interested in serving the people? Of course not. They are most interested in serving their own interests and some can be quite obscure. There is a subtle dictatorship that people do no see, only those who work inside the system. Wake up!
The Russians are not saints but we, Europeans, have also a lot to improve. We should not diabolise the Russians. Have you ever thought why we, the Europeans, to do not interfere in the Syria war? We watch that people dye and do nothing. Wake up!
Exactly! Why do you ask only about Russia? Do you trust CNN or the BBC?
No, I don’t trust Russian media, nor any media from authoritarian regimes with a crooked rule of law. Free journalism and critical views are dangerous enterprises in Russia. Lucky for them, the so called Western world is full of what Lenin so charmingly called “useful idiots”.
NO, of course!
No
Do you trust the media?
Is the sky yellow?
nnoooooooo
More than European and US media!
I don’t trust any media!
The EU and US media are jealous at how the russian media keeps consistency with the line dictated, how fast adapts to the tone requiered by the brains of russian politics. You should read some russian presse (you know, the one in russian language, published by moscow’s main media), with google translate, and you’ll be petrified by “hope” and “freedom”.
What about west media? Here a canadian journalist, speaks about NY time, BBC and other west media pointing out some fact finding to be crossed checked or audited, please… https://www.facebook.com/ScoopWhoopNews/videos/580686822128516/?pnref=story
no, I don’t
No more but no less than our Corrupted EU Media’s. This mean nothing.
Nooo! Of course Russian media is not to be trusted.
it is one view, that could not be ignored
Which media one can trust our days? Days of trust is over.
.
Trust them like we did German media after the mass sexual assaults by Merkel’s migrants last New years Eve ?
Anyone with a brain will take all media reports with a pinch of salt.
Do you trust Russian commitment to set free Aleppo for Christmas this year? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl_pgTsq4tg
Do we trust Russia and Syria, when they named the foreign agent who committed interferences and crimes against humanity (causing migration killings of innocents, 25 buses burned, etc…) in Syria? and do we report this in our own media? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKVF8UxBJ-k
Ivan Rodriguez Drobinsky ¿Confías sin embargo en cualquiero otro medio de comunicación?
We are still waiting for the Christmas wishes from some… let’s listen those coming from East http://yournewswire.com/putin-new-world-order-pedophilia-west/
I think both are biased and serve particular interests…
Watching RT has shown me their intentions, but it has also revealed to me how western media like the BBC and channel 4 News “spin” their stories to suit their agenda and I can now see through their bias. The BBC are far from balanced and impartial, but the myth that they are continues. What worries me is who’s behind it all, not always the government in my opinion.
I’m aware this comment will not be published. However, the fact that such odd question – ” Do you trust Russian media?” is put up in a eu page is worth some thinking.
If we happen to triangulate info between independent media, a few outstanding journalists (John Pilger comes to mind), and other sources on the ground, we find that in all global matters particularly in regards to conflicts (recent examples: right-wing attempts to bring down Venezuela; the spotlight on North Korea and most of all, the war on Syria) Russian news outlets such as RT, Sputnik, etc do match the facts. Hence, they are telling the truth. If the truth is now considered propaganda by European and American outlets and institutions, then we have to question why the latter are so weary of true facts (and of thorough analysis).
On a last note, it is ironic (or better said, ‘insulting’ to any European) to place this type of ‘question’ in a page supported by Open Society Foundation. Quite insulting if one has the slightest knowledge on how much damage these ‘foundations'(the people behind them) have done to this world. We should be more concerned about how people the likes of Soros have a foothold in a dot eu page. https://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/TAL307A.html
Perhaps by finding why that happens we can grasp why odd questions about Russia are showing up for ‘debate’.
Do I trust the Russian media channels that are being questioned and blocked by western governments because they tell the truth and rely on factual, intelligent reporting? Totally.
Russian news media is more trust worthy than any of western media
RT mostly exposes the flaws in western news stories with evidence of contradictions and inaccuracies, rather than make up untrue stories like US an U.K. media.
RT is better than any of the western news
RT is much better than any of the western