by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2020
RT loses appeal of OfCom fine
RT, formerly known as Russia Today, will have to pay the £200,000 fine issued by UK broadcast regulator OfCom. RT...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2019
Oops! Russia Today map says Japan is next to Australia
Russian state-owned broadcaster RT, formerly known as Russia Today, broadcast a map that mislabeled Japan, South Korea and Australia. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2019
RT fined $250K over Skripal poisonings, Syrian war coverage
UK broadcast regulator OfCom fined RT, formerly known as Russia Today, £200,000 (about $250,000) for breaking broadcast guidelines. In an...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2018
7 programs from Russia’s RT broke bias guidelines, UK regulator says
Seven programs from Russian state-funded RT (formerly Russia Today) broke bias guidelines, the UK broadcast regulator OfCom ruled. Further, OfCom said,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2018
Alex Salmond’s RT show misled with Tweet Questions from People Affiliated with Show or HIm
A television viewer complained that Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland, "invented tweets presented as real from viewers...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 21, 2018
7 Investigations into RT for Bias, UK Broadcast Regulator Announces
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom is investigating English-language Russian TV news station RT (formerly Russia Today) for seven cases of...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2017
Why did C-Span broadcast 10 Minutes of Russian Govt-Funded RT in sudden signal switch?
Viewers watching C-Span on its website got a sudden surprise when their TV monitors switched from the House of Representatives...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2015
4 Broadcast Rulings against Russia Today
UK broadcast regulator OfCom ruled last month that Russia Today broke its code four times. And Russia Today isn't happy, according to...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2015
Russia Today, Boko Haram & ISIS? NY Times didn’t offer RT rebuttal before publishing Andrew Lack attack
Do state-funded Russian news outlet Russia Today and terrorist groups Boko Haram and ISIS belong in the same category? The...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2014
Russia Today Broadcasts Draw UK Complaints, Bias and Dead Bodies in Malaysian crash offends
UK viewers have complained to broadcast regulator OfCom about the coverage of Malaysian Airlines crash flight 17 by Russia Today....