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Beware of RT's Charade of Independence From Putin
The channel is pushing to be treated as a news organization, not an arm of the Kremlin.
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Today, my editor and I received a correction request from RT, the star of last week's declassified U.S. intelligence report about Russian interference in last year's presidential election. Normally, it wouldn't be a reason to write a column. In this case, however, both the demand and the underlying information aptly illustrate the operation of the Russian propaganda machine and, more generally, institutions in President Vladimir Putin's Russia.