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Another honest journalist left the KGB gang of Russia Today
8/14/2014 12:09:07 PM
Liz Wahl, an American anchor on the KGB-funded Russia Today news network, resigned on air Wednesday in protest over Russia's invasion of southern Ukraine — the second American reporter to publicly condemn the Russian government's actions on its own channel.
Wahl, who works in the media outlet's Washington D.C. bureau, claimed she could no longer be "part of a network, funded by the Russian government, that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I'm proud to be an American, and believe in disseminating the truth. And that is why, after this newscast, I'm resigning."
She was the second Russia Today [RT] anchor in two days to go rogue on the airwaves. On Monday, anchor Abby Martin blasted Russia's military occupation of Crimea.
"I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation's affairs. What Russia did is wrong", he said.
Russia Today is a 24 hour news network funded entirely by the KGB and designed to present the Russian KGB government's viewpoint on international issues for an English audience. At times, that means reporting widely-debunked stories that push Moscow's agenda — such as a report this week claiming nearly 700,000 Ukrainian refugees fled to Russia in January and February to escape "revolutionary chaos."
In an interview with The Daily Beast, Wahl explained it wasn't just the events of the last few days that forced her to resign from RT. "In order to succeed there you don't question," she explained. "In a way you kind of suppress any concerns that you have and play the game."
She also noted that despite an American-heavy staff, the Kremlin undoubtedly calls the shots. "They're definitely at the top, the Russians," she said. "They're kind of able to pull the strings . . . It actually makes me feel sick that I worked there. It's not a sound news organization, not when your agenda is making America look bad."
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