I up voted you. I read RT, but their juicier bits I always look up to cross check.[1]

But I don't live in Russia so Putin can't harm me. Therefore, I'm not scared of them.

However, it is an invaluable source to know what we're doing. RT wants to discredit the West, and there is too much truthful material for them to work with for to have to fudge too much.

[1] although is disagree with you there is no western equivalent. I used to be a big fan of the WSJ, NYT and The Economist, after Syria and the Snowden leaks, they have become unreadable. Only The Intercept is left (npr gets a pass because I have a 40 minute drive to work)