{"id":23809,"date":"2016-09-09T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T20:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23809"},"modified":"2016-09-09T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T21:45:28","slug":"jill-stein-is-not-alone-on-putins-propaganda-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/09\/jill-stein-is-not-alone-on-putins-propaganda-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Stein Is Not Alone on Putin’s Propaganda Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you've been following this site, you know that on more than one occasion, I have been critical of Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, for making multiple appearances on Vladimir Putin's (R-RU) state-owned propaganda network, RT.  I like most of her policies and positions, but I cannot abide her seeking exposure in this way, even though it's helping a foreign power interfere with the US presidential election.  But Jill Stein is not alone on Putin's propaganda network.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0909RumpDump\"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was doing “a favor” for his friend and television host Larry King when he “accidentally” did an interview on the Russian government-sponsored network RT, shorthand for Russia Today.<\/p>\n

“Mr. Trump was never told it would be shared anywhere else<\/strong>,” Jason Miller, a Trump spokesperson, told CNN, explaining that the interview was meant as a “favor” to King. Miller also told the network that “Trump wouldn’t have agreed to do the interview had he known it would be aired on RT.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

During Thursday’s RT interview, Trump shrugged off suggestions the Russian government was influencing the American presidential election, instead hinting that Democrats were the ones behind the Democratic National Committee hacking scandal<\/a>. U.S. intelligence agencies now have “high confidence<\/a>” that the Russian government was likely involved… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Think Progress<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

25 Minute Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n