No no I’d really love to hear about the litany of their crimes. I actually enjoy criticizing both sides of the media (not just reciting Reddit-ass cliches), but the thing is you have to come at it from an entirely different angle. If I ran RT & TASS they would be reposting Shehab News & Hezbollah statements, not sheepdipping US spies before they go & infiltrate Iran. It is important to acknowledge why these institutions in semi-peripheral countries are vulnerable to the larger intellectual apparatus of journalism, polisci, intl. relations, & economics, why they think they can make the western system work for them when it’s impossible.

They’re still a net positive & liberals are not fooling anyone with this. It’s about maintaining a monopoly on Africa’s media. That’s the really sore spot between Russian & Chinese media & the west I think.

Let’s go through their heinous acts & explore whether these justify maintaining the CIA’s iron grip on the discourse by shunning all foreign views. Better yet, name a country that isn’t run by the CIA which puts out media you actually think isn’t evil.