A Johns Hopkins University review indicates that the New York Times has published over 500 articles about RT since 2014.
A study released this week by Johns Hopkins University asserts that the New York Times has printed more than 500 articles concerning the Russian multimedia organization RT over the last decade.
RT has faced significant scrutiny and restrictions from Western nations in recent years, with increased actions against the broadcaster occurring between 2022 and 2024.
The review states that RT, along with Chinese national broadcaster CCTV, “tend to dominate both popular and scholarly discourse about propaganda.”
The review also noted that “Since 2014, the New York Times has published more than five-hundred articles about RT alone, while the vast majority of articles about propaganda published in top political science journals explore the effects of media run directly by the state,”
In September, Washington imposed new sanctions on RT. Then US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the outlet of “covert influence activities” and “functioning as a de facto arm of Russian intelligence.” James Rubin, head of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) at the time, stated that RT’s “broad scope and reach” contributed to the lack of international support for Ukraine. The GEC was later shut down in December 2024.
Also in September 2024, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and three other senior RT employees were sanctioned by the US for allegedly attempting to influence the 2024 presidential election.
Moscow described the crackdown on Russian media, including RT, as “a declaration of war on free speech.”
In March, Ben Swann, the former head of RT America, urged US President Donald Trump to remove restrictions imposed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, on several Russian media outlets, including RT and Sputnik.
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