Also on Sara Firth's timeline, RT has moved into a new studio building in London, which will lead to rumours starting that RT is going to expand it's London based output with the possibility of even a RT UK launching.
I remember Fox News was investigated (but cleared) by Ofcom for biased reporting. I wonder whether the same'll happen to RT.
According to Steven Barnett's book
The Rise and Fall of Television Journalism
, Ofcom ultimately decided that Fox News was not in breach of the regulator's impartiality rules because "the channel's cultural origins were elsewhere," "its audiences were tiny," and "the phrase 'due impartiality' allowed for a flexible interpretation is such cases."
I suppose the same could happen in RT's case (since the same arguments apply to RT), but on the other hand, ITC did once revoke the license of a UK-based Kurdish broadcaster for biased reporting.
Also on Sara Firth's timeline, RT has moved into a new studio building in London, which will lead to rumours starting that RT is going to expand it's London based output with the possibility of even a RT UK launching.
I can't imagine that the potential audience for RT in the United Kingdom is large enough for a RT UK, the Kremlin's large propaganda budget notwithstanding. If anything, a pan-European service seems more likely.
Well and truly over these journalists taking advantage of such tragedies to improve their employment prospects. They willingly signed up to work for a foreign policy tool of the Russian Government, so the moral outrage is a bit rich. Not much chance of quietly resigning, either?
To my way of thinking, reporting something in a way which is factually correct but is spun towards a particular viewpoint is what most newspapers do (eg the Mirror will give a more pro Labour spin, the Sun a more pro Tory spin).
A line has been crossed when things are being fabricated. It's all very Damien Day
Well and truly over these journalists taking advantage of such tragedies to improve their employment prospects. They willingly signed up to work for a foreign policy tool of the Russian Government, so the moral outrage is a bit rich. Not much chance of quietly resigning, either?
Firth started on RT straight from graduating.
RT tend to get young, impressionable Western journalists who are just starting out. They offer a salary which is much more than if they're getting a low key job on one of the UK or US news organisations for their age. Some of them take on the mantra quite literally, while those like Firth and earlier this year Liz Wahl realise after a while why they're being used as a tool of the Russian Government.
It works both ways, Firth gets five years of broadcasting experience on an international 'news' channel, while RT get a Westerner to sublimely pump out their agenda.
And it's not just RT has has seen staff departures over editorial policy, Sara and Liz Wahl can be added to the dozens of staff that have left Iran's Press TV over the years (especially since 2009).
I used to be Press TV's Australian Correspondent from 2012 to 2013 and I know exactly what's many at RT are going through.