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Please, don't use RT to support your point, since it may create an impression they're a trustworthy source of information.

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I reply because this illustrates a part of the problem, actually many of the problems with news and Google and FB.

I have no idea about who RT is. For me it's only a random site linked from a search engine. It could be a news giant or a one man company. I remember the original fact so I trust the article. If this was new to me I would have to cross check with other sources but I don't always have the time to do it.

They are as trustworthy as any other. You've an axe to grind.

Whether you choose to trust them or not, they have a history of publishing content that is false and serves to advance and protect Russia's interests.

One such example on the Skripal poisoning: https://www.rt.com/news/452946-skripal-anniversary-truth-nov...

If you want you can read more about RT and Sputnik here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/research-analysis/wea...

I don't trust them, in very much the same way I don't trust any other media outlet, since you'll find similar stories for any other online newspaper.

But by singling them out, you make it sound like they are the worst, when they are basically average

>trustworthy as any other

>are basically average

These two claims you made are incorrect. Honestly this is a bit bizarre.

>They are as trustworthy as any other.

This is incorrect. Their "reporting" on certain events like Russia's downing of MH17 give this away. Is there any specific points of reporting on MH17 done by RT or associate agencies like Sputnik you view as trustworthy?

I'd love to hear you out fully.

Please point us to a trustworthy source of information.

You can’t. There aren’t any.

That's not really the point is it, of course no organisation can be trusted 100%, but that doesn't mean that Russia's state sponsored propaganda network and actual commercial news organisations are the same. I can literally provide you links to RT doing exclusive interviews with people who have carried out chemical weapons attacks in the UK to provide a cover for the Russian government[1]. Let's not pretend that's the same as real news organisations who sometimes get things wrong.

[1]: https://www.rt.com/news/438350-petrov-boshirov-interview-sim...

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