William Dunbar called a dweeb for NED by some......latest update; I am totally confused, I thought he liked Georgia and Georgians!!!
RT, a round-the-clock English-language news channel, started broadcasting on 10 December 2005 and is available worldwide via satellite. The TV station is funded by the state owned RIA-Novosti News agency. By its own account RT regularly airs news as well as “many aspects of Russian history, cultureand opinions. Our special projects are specifically tailored to accustom the international audience with the Russian perspective.” In general it is steering clear of criticism of the President and the government, and the Russian opposition is not given a platform to air its views. (See also ESI picture story Mainstream views on Russian TV)
During the 2008 Caucasus War, William Dunbar, a journalist at Russia Today, resigned from RT after criticizing the channel’s pro-Russian bias.He told the Moscow Times that a series of video satellite feeds that he had scheduled for 11 August had been scrapped because they reported the Russian bombing of targets inside Georgia. “The real news, the real facts of the matter, didn’t conform to what theywere trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn’t let me report it. I felt that I had no choice but to resign”, Dunbar was quoted as saying. One senior journalist at Russia Today called Dunbar’s allegations of bias “nonsense”. “The Russian coverage I have seen has been much better than much WILLIAM DUNBAR, called a dweeb for NED by some......latest update
RT, a round-the-clock English-language news channel, started broadcasting on 10 December 2005 and is available worldwide via satellite. The TV station is funded by the state owned RIA-Novosti news agency. By its own account RT regularly airs news as well as “many aspects of Russian history, culture and opinions. Our special projects are specifically tailored to accustom the international audience with the Russian perspective.” In general it is steering clear of criticism of the President and the government, and the Russian opposition is not given a platform to air its views. (See also ESI picture story Mainstream views on Russian TV)/ During the 2008 Caucasus War, William Dunbar, a journalist at Russia Today, resigned from RT after criticizing the channel’s pro-Russian bias. He told the Moscow Times that a series of video satellite feeds that he had scheduled for 11 August had been scrapped because they reported the Russian bombing of targets inside Georgia. “The real news, the real facts of the matter, didn’t conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn’t let me report it. I felt that I had no choice but to resign”, Dunbar was quoted as saying. One senior journalist at Russia Today called Dunbar’s allegations of bias “nonsense”. “The Russian coverage I have seen has been much better than much of the Western coverage,” he said. “My view is that Russia Today is not particularly biased at all. When you look at the Western media, there is a lot of genuflection towards the powers that be. Russian news coverage is largely pro-Russia, but that is to be expected.” http://www.pri.org/theworld/?q=node/20092 (an interview with William Dunbar)
According to RT’s website the channel set up a bureau in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, after the August 2008 conflict the Western coverage,” he said. “My view is that Russia Today is not particularly biased at all. When you look at the Western media, there is a lot of genuflection towards the powers that be. Russian news coverage is largely pro-Russia, but that is to be expected.”http://www.pri.org/theworld/?q=node/20092 (an interview with William Dunbar)According to RT’s website the channel set up a bureau in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, after the August 2008 conflict.
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