DISINFO: RT is stigmatised because it fights indoctrination by the collective West media
SUMMARY
RT is again in the line of fire and Russian media are again stigmatised. Again, we see governments who claim to fight against enemy interference and threats to their democracies, but who are only masking their true intentions: having people indoctrinated, docile, obedient, silent, without protesting. Believers who repeat the mantra of pro-government media who believe they are in possession of truth, turning societies into a ship corral that moves at the same path, with nobody daring to walk outside that path. We are in face of a discreditation campaign, persecution, censorship, sanctions against media and journalists who are dissidents from this unitary speech that they want to inoculate on everybody, from this indoctrination from a collective West who wants to impose its criteria on Ukraine, China, unipolarity, on who is a legitimate president and when one election is valid or not, on which countries are enemies of the world or a threat.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about restrictions to Russian disinformation as a matter of ‘freedom of speech’ and secret/global elites ruling the world.
The US imposed fresh sanctions on Russian state outlet RT on 13 September 2024 under charges that this TV channel was closely linked to Russia’s intelligence and destabilization actions abroad, including procuring military aid to the Russian army in Ukraine, cyber operations, organisation of destabilising protests and other malign efforts in places such as Argentina, France and Moldova. These activities are not compatible with those of a real media organization.
In the previous days, the US Department of Justice had also sanctioned several RT-related individuals and entities that were part of a massive scheme to interfere in the 2024 election in the US in support of one of the candidates perceived as more favourable to the Kremlin’s interests. The affidavit included evidence, such as the arguments and bullet points to be promoted via social media and other channels such as US influencers recruited as agents of influence, attacking the current US administration and promoting its rival party.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that sanctions on Russian media show the US is allergic to freedom of expression, that the US persecutes people for non-conformity and political views, that there is no press freedom in the West, or that in America today, freedom of speech can only be exercised in narrow and controlled channels.