RT refuses to adopt Western methods, says editor-in-chief
In contrast to the United States and its allies, RT maintains that it does not partake in “betrayal” or “hidden propaganda of Nazism,” according to Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has stated that she has taken notes from the West regarding information warfare but insisted that she would never partake in the “hidden propaganda of Nazism,” which she claims is a tactic employed by the US and its allies.
In a detailed interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Tuesday, Simonyan addressed the recent deplatforming of several Russian networks, including RT, by US tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. Meta has charged the affected outlets with “foreign interference activity,” mirroring allegations from the US State Department.
“We will never adopt direct or indirect harm to ordinary people. And we will never adopt forbidden moves like the hidden propaganda of fascism, Nazism, which they do on a daily and hourly basis in different countries… The most blatant example of this is Ukraine, unfortunately,” Simonyan remarked.
Simonyan emphasized that RT is targeted by Western nations “because they are fighting Russia.” She noted that “Russia has a stable position in the international information space. And it is improving despite all their counteractions.”
She added, “We find ways to bypass these sanctions. This is sort of a game of cat and mouse. And it will continue.”
Simonyan argued that the audience suffers the most from the restrictions imposed on RT. “These are millions of subscribers, who one morning lost their usual sources of information. But Meta does not give a damn about its subscribers. It has long become the left hind leg of the intelligence services and of what is called the ‘deep state’ in the US,” she asserted.
The clampdown by Meta followed another set of sanctions against Russian media from Washington. During the announcement of these restrictions, US State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin attributed a lack of global support for Ukraine during the conflict with Russia, in part, to RT's influence.
“It was they who said it, not us,” Simonyan emphasized in response to Rubin’s comments. “At that moment, I realized that my life was not in vain. For the first time in my life, I felt that,” she commented.
The editor-in-chief reaffirmed her earlier statement that the West had served as a “good teacher” in terms of waging information warfare. However, she maintained that RT would never engage in “betrayal,” in contrast to the US and its allies.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
In a detailed interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Tuesday, Simonyan addressed the recent deplatforming of several Russian networks, including RT, by US tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. Meta has charged the affected outlets with “foreign interference activity,” mirroring allegations from the US State Department.
“We will never adopt direct or indirect harm to ordinary people. And we will never adopt forbidden moves like the hidden propaganda of fascism, Nazism, which they do on a daily and hourly basis in different countries… The most blatant example of this is Ukraine, unfortunately,” Simonyan remarked.
Simonyan emphasized that RT is targeted by Western nations “because they are fighting Russia.” She noted that “Russia has a stable position in the international information space. And it is improving despite all their counteractions.”
She added, “We find ways to bypass these sanctions. This is sort of a game of cat and mouse. And it will continue.”
Simonyan argued that the audience suffers the most from the restrictions imposed on RT. “These are millions of subscribers, who one morning lost their usual sources of information. But Meta does not give a damn about its subscribers. It has long become the left hind leg of the intelligence services and of what is called the ‘deep state’ in the US,” she asserted.
The clampdown by Meta followed another set of sanctions against Russian media from Washington. During the announcement of these restrictions, US State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin attributed a lack of global support for Ukraine during the conflict with Russia, in part, to RT's influence.
“It was they who said it, not us,” Simonyan emphasized in response to Rubin’s comments. “At that moment, I realized that my life was not in vain. For the first time in my life, I felt that,” she commented.
The editor-in-chief reaffirmed her earlier statement that the West had served as a “good teacher” in terms of waging information warfare. However, she maintained that RT would never engage in “betrayal,” in contrast to the US and its allies.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
