Voice of Russia?

I first heard of it last year. Two days ago I hear it mentioned on NPR, when they were quoted during a news radio program.  I continue to see headlines that contain fantastic titles, then when I go to the link I see the paradoxical  news source:  RT.

In case you don't readily recognize RT or what the acronym stands for?
It means Russia Today.

If you google RT you will see: RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.

What baffles me about this is -
Why would I get my news from a country that has no precedent for reliable news?
A traditional totalitarian nation that has no respect for individual rights, especially FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

This is sort of a present-day reverse Voice of America; As I think back in time, VOA or was it Radio Free Europe?  Anyway, I remember radio programs in English and Eastern European languages on short wave band targeting the countries behind the Iron Curtain, East Germany and RUSSIA (Collectively known as the Soviet Union and its Satellites aka the Soviet Bloc).  This was during the saner times of the Cold War.  Now we have Russia informing us on 'what's really going on'?    It doesn't get any stranger than this?

The land of the communist disinformation PRAVDA is now into investigative journalism?   A news entity from the home of the KGB, the Cheka is disseminating news in English?  Give me a break, comrade.  Spasiba!

For the time being I will take my chances by getting news from the Australian-British naturalized American, Knight of Malta, Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch (Murdoch Inc).

 :)

Arsenio.

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