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RT was heavily censored in the USA and is banned in several European countries. Press censorship is pretty much the norm in 'western democracies' similar to eve

RT was heavily censored in the USA and is banned in several European countries. Press censorship is pretty much the norm in 'western democracies' similar to everywhere else.

kergonath 2y ago
Like any decision, the difference is how it is made (e.g. a vote in parliament versus an executive order), how long it remains in force (a limited time while a investigation is done versus indefinitely), and how accountable the decision makers are. All countries are on a spectrum, there is no clear line between shiny democracy and brutal dictatorship. They all have institutions that look similar on the surface. A democracy is not going to stop having a police force just because some police states also have one, for example. So yes, some democracies ban some media spreading propaganda for foreign interests, but the details matter.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> RT was heavily censored in the USA Source?
- cma 2y ago
  I don't know of any outright censorship of it, but all US journalists who worked for it were no longer allowed to after the outbreak of the war. If money is speech under citizens united, then pay for journalism would seem like it could possibly be protected under the same standard, though I think election funding is still allowed to be banned from foreign states even if they use super-PACs.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > all US journalists who worked for it were no longer allowed to after the outbreak of the war Again, source?
    - cma 2y ago
      I thought i heard Chris Hedges claim that, but it looks like YouTube removed them and it wasn't necessarily from the sanctions.
bentley 2y ago
> RT was heavily censored in the USA How heavily has RT been censored in the USA? Has the government ever censored it or pressured others to censor it, or is it just that links/rebroadcasts have been dropped by private entities of their own volition?
- joecool1029 2y ago
  > How heavily has RT been censored in the USA? It hasn't been. Probably more accurate to state that when it was carried on cable media they broadcast a bowdlerized version. Al Jazeera did the same thing when it was carried by cable/satellite in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_America This was the RT channel you're probably thinking of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_America
worik 2y ago
> RT was heavily censored in the USA Really? I am a long way away, but I thought the constitution prevented that

RT was heavily censored in the USA and is banned in several European countries. Press censorship is pretty much the norm in 'western democracies' similar to everywhere else.

kergonath 2y ago

Like any decision, the difference is how it is made (e.g. a vote in parliament versus an executive order), how long it remains in force (a limited time while a investigation is done versus indefinitely), and how accountable the decision makers are. All countries are on a spectrum, there is no clear line between shiny democracy and brutal dictatorship. They all have institutions that look similar on the surface. A democracy is not going to stop having a police force just because some police states also have one, for example. So yes, some democracies ban some media spreading propaganda for foreign interests, but the details matter.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> RT was heavily censored in the USA Source?

cma 2y ago
I don't know of any outright censorship of it, but all US journalists who worked for it were no longer allowed to after the outbreak of the war. If money is speech under citizens united, then pay for journalism would seem like it could possibly be protected under the same standard, though I think election funding is still allowed to be banned from foreign states even if they use super-PACs.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > all US journalists who worked for it were no longer allowed to after the outbreak of the war Again, source?
  - cma 2y ago
    I thought i heard Chris Hedges claim that, but it looks like YouTube removed them and it wasn't necessarily from the sanctions.

bentley 2y ago

> RT was heavily censored in the USA How heavily has RT been censored in the USA? Has the government ever censored it or pressured others to censor it, or is it just that links/rebroadcasts have been dropped by private entities of their own volition?

joecool1029 2y ago
> How heavily has RT been censored in the USA? It hasn't been. Probably more accurate to state that when it was carried on cable media they broadcast a bowdlerized version. Al Jazeera did the same thing when it was carried by cable/satellite in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_America This was the RT channel you're probably thinking of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_America

worik 2y ago

> RT was heavily censored in the USA Really? I am a long way away, but I thought the constitution prevented that