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I wouldn't go that far. Yes, Western journalist tend to see the world from a certain point-of-view and they have, on occasion, failed to hold their own governments to account. (The U.S. networks gave an easy pass to Bush at the run-up to the Iraq War in 2003, for instance). Generally speaking, however, Western media outlets routinely give voice to people who are critical of Western policies and run stories that their governments find embarrassing.

RT, on the other hand, steers clear of anything that may displease the Kremlin. For this reason, the channel cannot be considered merely a news outlet with a different geopolitical point-of-view (such as Al Jazeera), but rather a propaganda outlet in service of the Russian government.

Peter Lavelle = William Joyce.

It only took him 11 minutes to use the RT mantra of CNN being the vehicle of the US State Dept.

RT had an opportunity to become a beacon of indepedent news as Al Jazeera has become. In the end it has come to represent Russia more than even Putin would want. Loud, angry, contradictory and slowly fading into irrelevance. I honestly believe state funded media has peaked. Give it a decade and there will be no RT or Fox News.

After the car crash interview with Peter Lavelle on CNN, RT retaliate in their usual mature manner by attacking CNN in their Mainscream Media segment.

Fox News isn't State funded, nor does it even agree with the American Govt 100% of the time (actually quite the opposite). It is the most watched news channel in the US - it isn't going anywhere I'm afraid.

Unless Fox News starts losing money and ratings simultaneously, it is not going anywhere.

Yes, Fox News is the most watched "news" channel in the U.S., but its ratings are dropping:



Source: Mediabistro, May 28, 2014



Source: politicsusa.com

Right now, the average viewer of Fox News is 68.

No, Fox News isn't going anywhere right now, but with demographic and political changes in the U.S., it could well find itself in trouble, say, 20 years down the road.

Trust me. There will NOT be a Fox News in a few years. There has been a lot of media chatter that its had its day. The Murdoch clan are said to be moving their focus away from the New York Post and Fox News and placing greater corporate emphasis on WSJ. US media success used to be based on 'bums on seats' raw readership and audience numbers, but its quickly becoming more like the UK where British media brands are increasingly interested in demographics. UK radio is the best example of that with most brands now chasing the infamous '32 year old ABC1 aspirational new mum'.

Such nonsense. Fox will be here in 10 yrs . Fact. Do you have any idea about how much profit it is making. America has always cared about demos and long before the Uk have. Sure Fox has plenty of old people watching but so does everyone else. They absolutely slaughter the opposition in the 25-54 demo. Which is what advertisers want.

Statistics like that can be used to say anything. Most channel skews old because older people watch more tv and skew the stats. Which is why most US media outlets publish 18-49 and 25-54 ratings more than total people figures. Figures Fox News rule.
They may have some problem slots but they are nowhere near declining.

As quoted above, recent figures show that their ratings in the 25-54 demo have declined substantially and are back to where they were in 2001.

Also, Fox News has one of the oldest audiences of any channel, which isn't a surprise, since its ideology and style have a limited appeal among younger viewers. (Younger viewers are less likely to be rabidly conservative and/or enthralled by right-wing talk.) In fact, according to one study, the audience of Fox News is the absolute oldest on cable, while another shows that only the Hallmark Channel skews older. Even CNN has younger viewers -- their average age is 62. For comparison, the average age of Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's audience is between 35 and 37 (proving that politically oriented TV doesn't necessarily skew older.)

Ofcom is considering investigating RT over it's alleged breaches of impartiality over it's MH17 coverage.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/russia-today-faces-uk-investigation-over-mh17-news-coverage