Tag Archives: Alyona Minkovski

Below the line

Posted on Friday 7 March 2014 by Rob Godfrey

On Wednesday, RT news anchor Liz Wahl resigned live on air, as a protest against Russian interference in the Ukraine. RT = Russia Today, a 24 hour rolling news channel that’s funded by the state. It’s often called ‘PutinTube’, because … Continue reading →

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Proper Gander

Posted on Saturday 8 December 2012 by Rob Godfrey

In a previous post I mentioned the mainstream media in America, and how much of it has become a right wing propaganda machine which puts out lies and half facts and hatred and basically tells the audience to vote for … Continue reading →

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Russian media in America and Alyona Minkovski

Posted on Saturday 21 January 2012 by Rob Godfrey

During the 1970s and 80s, at the height of the Cold War, I used to listen to Radio Moscow on the crackly shortwave band. Of course, Radio Moscow was total propaganda and in that sense it was boring to hear … Continue reading →

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