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FreepFryer

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17. Here's a lovely article where he accuses the US of a "witch hunt" for requiring RT to register...

Reply to ancianita (Reply #15)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 01:42 PM

Sep 2018

...as a foreign agent under FARA in November 2017.

”In one of the most horrendous blows to press freedom since the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s, the U.S. Department of Justice has forced the news broadcaster RT America to file under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

The assault on RT America, on which I host the show “On Contact,” has nothing to do with the dissemination of Russian propaganda. It is driven by RT America’s decision to provide a platform to critics of American capitalism and imperialism, critics who lambast a system of government that can no longer be called democratic.”

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/rt-america-torched-witch-hunt-17/

Gross.

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Chris Hedges, "America: The Farewell Tour" -- What's Ahead Of Us [View all] ancianita Sep 2018 OP

Correct me if I'm wrong but... SHRED Sep 2018 #1

Please, no apology ever needed. I protested CH's throwing antifa in with alt-righters back then -- ancianita Sep 2018 #3

Thanks for the detailed analysis SHRED Sep 2018 #6

Did you watch it? It hasn't even been posted long enough for people to comment yet. ancianita Sep 2018 #8

A grim title. Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #2

Okay, but don't only attend to what validates the present mindset. CH explains why you want to pass. ancianita Sep 2018 #4

Respectfully, I havent the time. Reading several blockbusters right now. I repeat....GRIM and morose Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #5

Respectfully back, I really can't address some comment based on the title. Hear him out or don't. ancianita Sep 2018 #7

Then i choose "dont" Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #9

Good call. Grim, morose, and Russia-funded. (n/t) FreepFryer Sep 2018 #14

I've read a couple of his books, which I found both informative and alarmist. AJT Sep 2018 #10

Bookmarked for later, nt Granny M Sep 2018 #11

Thank you for posting this. Even though CH can bring bbgrunt Sep 2018 #12

Here is Hedges' talk show on Russia Today, Kremlin-sponsored state TV. FreepFryer Sep 2018 #13

It doesn't show a date. Do you know when? ancianita Sep 2018 #15

That's Russia Today's current Web site. The show is currently running on RT. FreepFryer Sep 2018 #16

Here's a lovely article where he accuses the US of a "witch hunt" for requiring RT to register... FreepFryer Sep 2018 #17