RT is state propaganda. Not an accurate equivalence at all.
at least US intelligence agencies used to hide behind private news sources until they started hiring the intelligence people outright.
They're a state backed propaganda machine pushing the state's narrative, but resisting any other narrative when the current opposition in power because they've been entirely staffed by activist journalists.
The BBC works directly with the UK Foreign Office to push propaganda to destabilise other countries: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/20/reuters-bbc-uk-foreign-of...