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the launch of julia very own interview show here on our t.v. course is controversy the first episode lauded and loads for talking to a guest largely frozen outside of the mainstream media. photos of u.s. soldiers posing with body parts of dead afghan suicide bombers emerge at the latest in a series of scandals involving american troops and their behavior in a war zone. and one hundred days before the start of the summer olympics in london there are accusations that sponsors are using the games as a p.r. campaign to improve their own tarnished reputation it's.
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a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow reception julian assange debut as a talk show host here on out see was down to face criticism and praise from around the globe and that's exactly what happened and the world's most famous whistle blower attracted controversy and many due to his choice of guests and of course are the choice of channel chosen to broadcast the program. you can gauge as the response. for most american media julianna sons is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian a song who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is a sergeant is a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see
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and the accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but i saw it coming through a. combatant freighter getting into the kremlin. and interviewing. terrible radicals. i think that's the sort of it's a pretty predictable card. with a look at how the servants. have complete control over the guests of his first show was the head of hezbollah designated by the us as a terrorist organization it was not starlost first interview with international channel in six years the reason why him could be found in the interview itself the united states is talking. to us as well
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and they want to be able to tell people that he's one of us or terrorism terrorism in isolation. is that the way that people listen to us hyper maha for example if there was a just a trial then you know the very least the defendant should have an opportunity if you can find themselves some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the u.s. mainstream media there is a tendency to simplify issues often at the expense of the full picture somebody agrees or doesn't agree with hezbollah's ideas or all of their ideas ideology or their theology the american people need to hear the voice of has rather than simply have them demonize. targeted as a quote terrorist but the purpose of demonizing somebody like nasr our nelson mandela who was considered a terrorist until one nine hundred eighty eight is not really to stop terrorist ideas from infiltrating but for the american people to only hear one side of a debate to only hear one side of an argument julian assange is now under house arrest in the u.k.
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fighting extradition to sweden where he may well be extradited to the united states u.s. prosecutors were pointedly have a secret indictment ready for us on was made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the worsening iraq and afghanistan as well as other issues in the u.s. has been under fire from capitol hill the white house and the media and we've got to apprehend mr science the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as a violator of the espionage act because if we don't just keep happening the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be shot i'm not for the death penalty so i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a what about freedom of information cherished as a core principle of democracy it's almost like leading to letting a genie out of the bottle mr sanchez and the internet and the governments and
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everyone else at their own game because he's gone to a place where others have not been before and he's introduced the types of information the range of information that previously were not available if one views the need as the court of public opinion then julian assange which is someone who presents to the jury that is the viewers argument evidence of voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the viewers to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our forces under attack by the us government and the media for practicing poor for stand for freedom of information that america. around the globe i'm going to check our reporting from washington right. now if you go to our web site r.t. dot com you'll also find a pre-show twenty minute interview with the wiki leaks founder and self it's where he explains the choice of guests and of course the choice of channel and as always we are eager to know what you think of the first episode you can leave your comments and find out how other viewers from all around the world reacted to this
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and all that and much much more sun dot t. dot com. all right now let's get some more insight into the u.s. media reaction to assign to show i'm now joined live from america by don de bar an antiwar activists in germany thank you for coming on r.t. today so do tell us a what you think caused a big media storm in the u.s. the fact that the man virtually accused of espionage and conspiracy is on the air although he turns r.t. . you know these are the twin heads here on the one hand the information management paradigm that is basically the communications industry in the united states has the problem of whistleblowers to deal with that forced their way out into the conversation you have bradley manning for example famously declared guilty by the president the united states before you had a trial and you have also of course julian assigns and wiki leaks so there's that
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aspect the other side is that in the united states since the one nine hundred fifty s. and it famously in april of one nine hundred sixty one when john f. kennedy called on the media to consider their stories against the issue of national security you have a very very narrow band of opinion it gets broadcast discussed and a very narrow set of facts that are presented and with the information age show you know the technology that's changed the internet and all of that you have or t.v. and other international outlets that are now presented to american audiences and that are not bound by the american you know censorship basically so you have people like julian a sergeant being brought each of these is offensive to the paradigm here and so the fact that they're beating up on a songe on the one hand and on ora t.v. on the other isn't surprising i would have thought i think if the issue of his choice of death or his debut program. and many in the west consider
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a terrorist i what do you make of well i like the idea of being able to hear straight from the horse's mouth what someone says and that's something we've heard about has well law for twenty five years in the united states and if yet to hear from hezbollah except you know as quoted through the american media and with the huge filter of various you know ideological in tony's sions added to it so i think it's remarkable that he was able to reach him and to bring this discussion to. the american public and i'm very grateful for it my it might seem to some that although what you innocent has been ultimately blacklisted and ridiculed in many of the western networks are so to many around the world i thought as one that one us present whose name is not even worth mentioning but he was as a russian agent in a war against america your thoughts on that. well you know
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even though the united states and russia are now allies the patriot of russia and all things russian has been in co-created in the people of this country since the october revolution and so whenever someone wants to score points that's an easy thing to pull out of the bag and throw at them but it's patently absurd on its face the fact that. russia today that r t allows divergent voices into the homes of americans is something that we should cherish here i certainly do and it is something of course that causes consternation for the people who had a monopoly on information and are seeing that monopoly broken thank you for doing it well you will indeed we appreciate you watching but when it comes to the whole issue of freedom of speech particularly heralded in the west and certainly in the states that is do you think julian assange could have found an outlet over there where he would have given been given a similar podium to voice his whole whistleblowing and thanks and all that but
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we'll go back to two thousand and three two thousand and four the the unanimous run up to war in iraq the york times they're horrible fabricated stories and particularly phil donahue who was a talk show host that mostly catered to stay at home housewives with you know programming targeting family issues and such he became a person that would openly speak about his personal opposition to the war that was coming and then it started in iraq and he was a lone voice to the extent that he was fired by n.b.c. who said that because they had him they did not want to become the. voice of the antiwar movement which by the way was a majority position of the american populace at their word so they couldn't even handle phil donahue i don't think julian the sun is exactly their cup with the journalist on the ball thanks so much for joining us on the outskirts of the q three we're. live from moscow this is our new photos of american soldiers posing with afghan corpses and most in the u.s.
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the images appear to be another example in a series of extreme breaches of discipline by u.s. troops which dangerously undermine their position with the afghan people. very sensitive moment and these images are quite grim so grim that the u.s. department of defense did specifically asked the l.a. times not to publish these photos but the paper said that it was for sponsible to report a captive late on the u.s. mission in afghanistan and decided to move forward publishing these photos now in these photos that were taken in two thousand and ten you could see u.s. paratroopers grinning either holding body parts of afghan corpses or squatting beside afghan corpses and they were smiling or making different gestures to the camera u.s. paratroopers according to the l a times a total of eighteen photos were provided to them by one u.s.
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soldier under the condition of anonymity up and up or to tell it times this u.s. soldier said that he wants these photos to draw attention to the breakdown in leadership and discipline that is taking place in afghanistan as this u.s. mission draws on and on and on of course incidents like these are posing a great challenge the already fragile relations between washington and kabul and it's not the first instance of you know back in january there was an incident of marines u.s. marines urinating on the dead corpses of afghans and in february that was the incident of the u.s. soldier. burning across in march we had the shooting rampage at seventeen afghan civilians were killed reportedly at the hands of a u.s. army staff sergeant so clearly this shows that this long u.s. led war in afghanistan it's taking quite a toll on the u.s. soldiers it is challenging and compromising the relations speak between the united
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states and afghanistan and all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to discuss discuss the future of afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published. reporting meantime former afghan. things that size posing a threat to relations between his country and the u.s. by the scandal will just contribute to nato leaving a grim legacy behind in afghanistan the problems that will be left behind would be that we will think of the west the europeans and the americans as a softer generation who are looking for instant gratification even in wars like this. big strict instant coffee in hamburger results of fast food restaurants
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in this kind of a war and their lack of stamina and lack of perseverance will create more room in poverty stricken and corruption stricken countries there will be more room for extreme islam fundamentalism and there is also. chaos and. problems that will stem from that. he is coming tonight from moscow worse now a quarter past the hour still to come in the program doubts over a controversial copyright law gripping europe and yet another blow to the global t.v. piracy act part of the m.e.p. responsible for its progress into law now and dismisses it as a threat to civil liberties also. the peace dissolves through america's no fear it sure is joint venture here is called over seven bills that the rich details in the business in fifteen minutes. it is exactly one hundred days before
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the olympics start in london however as artie's laura smith explains some sponsors are already making millions using questionable marketing tactics all in the name of the game. this supposed to be the greenest most sustainable games ever but a quick look at the list of partners and sponsors for london twenty twelve tells a very different story the way sponsors are chasing are the ones who put in place wallets in the least conscience's first up dow chemical which never accepted blame for one of the world's worst industrial disasters a toxic leak in bhopal india that killed thousands it spots around eleven million dollar wrapped around the stadium after a florrie dows logo now won't appear on the wrap as played against official
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electricity supplier that's easy yes. green britain day. one of the u.k.'s big six energy providers self proclaimed green pioneer and owner of all the u.k. sneakily a power stations and their hackers previously convicted in france for spying and greenpeace the absent or e-mail accounts close we thought the sort of thing that people look to aspire to the sort of ideal not. liking and. which is really sadly is as well known for their lives b.p. a major backer and so-called sustainability partner despite being according to some one of the world's least sustainable companies there's been a deepwater horizon oil spill of it all from mexico they've continued their investment in the lobbying around the tar sands in alberta continuing to divert state indigenous communities there and then they also completely scrapped b.p.
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solar since b.p. became sustainability partner surveys say three times as many people now believe it's working towards a cleaner greener world pure p.r. gold the countdown. clocks ticks past one hundred days till the olympics kickoff but it's not just sports facilities that construction workers a feverish refinishing they're also building no fewer than full mcdonald's outlets one of which will be the world's biggest in fact at this event which stands at the pinnacle of health and fitness mcdonald's will be the only brand meal provider senior mcdonald's executives make new secrets to the fact they see a limp expenses as an opportunity to position themselves in healthier territory and there's the crux say critics olympic sponsorship most of the rating as philanthropy when it's in fact marketing which numbered zelin pick organizers are more than happy to swallow your respect i would see. a lot more on the story on our website.
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also certainly worth checking out while you're there for example find in southern russia but you'll have your since discovered doesn't. appear to be fossilized dinosaur eggs these rocks during road construction are more amazing pictures i don't see dot com. including a pig in pain. piece of creator of a race scandal involving a swedish culture minister because those details as well and hearty don't call. these are the images are seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations .
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in a few minutes we'll get to the r.t. world update but for now the controversial and counterfeiting trade agreement or act has suffered another blow in europe a vote on its ratification is june this summer about the n.e.p. response support for monitoring is progress now says it should be rejected the international bill aims to enforce intellectual property rights and fight internet piracy twenty two countries in the e.u. sign up to the mint which then triggered a wave of protests all across europe thousands demonstrated against it saying it would be a big corporations unprecedented control over their personal data political commentator luke samuel says the treaty exposes the undemocratic decision making in the e.u. the real problem with actors specifically is how it shows that you're opinion it's effectively allowed to do politics without any reference to national populaces so the fact is that this is a piece of you know it's
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a trade agreement that will. not be patience on european countries to make law in certain ways but it still is europe it's european law making effectively by proxy and what it shows is that the european union have affectively created institutions and procedures which have prevented these kind of agreements coming under any kind of democratic scrutiny whatsoever that's the real problem with it it's true that countries have signed up to it but no point of national party this is had any say whatsoever in the provisions of this agreement so that's a really troubling aspect of the fact that it's fundamentally antidemocratic. with actor's future in doubt europe's pirate parties of agreed to team up for elections to the european parliament in two thousand and fourteen in order to promote internet freedom next hour speech to rick for the founder of the swedish pirate party he says the failure of similar legislation in the us shows that people's
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voices can be heard but as soon as politicians realize their jobs are at stake. so people i think that was the first case where the general population really woke up through realizing that while we have been saying all along isn't crying we are actually warning for a very real danger out there you have the key element politicians started to fear for their jobs if that hadn't happened people would already have politicians sort of sort of thought crumble beneath their feet as here in europe two hundred fifty million europeans cheering culture that's not a problem with a couple of teenagers that have the voting population and if you want to keep your job you can't call them criminal. in a few minutes here on r t is daniel with the business but for now we're russia is accusing
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beyond opposition in syria of provoking violence to breach the internationally brokered cease fire foreign minister sergei lavrov cited reports that the free syrian army is using refugee camps in turkey as safe havens to plan assaults on regime troops also says there are many who want a very special envoy kofi annan speace plan in favor of using force some western and arab states have agreed to tighten sanctions against the syrian president. reaching the truce but eric the director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies says it's in the interests of some syrian rebels to inflame the conflict. when an army groups didn't stop their attacks against the security forces we could be wrong to react so strong. that the regime of the prison sure would be absolutely nice because it is risky to ceasefire but i think it's a kind of game because they want to push more international pressure on the region
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that the situation would be better. if you make this nation delineation but. we have to be very cautious because most of the people from the beginning they want to denounce the charlie sheen with absolutely no i mean. communication concerning the victim and the major of the two reasons so all the i mean international pressure all the media reporting are going of the same direction just to criticize and all that i shall regime and as good as some other global news in brief for you with the r.t. was it will start with a norwegian mass murderer anders breivik has said that now he wants the death penalty for acquittal he calls norway's twenty one year maximum prison term quote pathetic on day three of his trial he refused to answer questions about the anti muslim militant group he claims to be a part of the issue is important as the court decides if he is sane and can be sent
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to jail brevik admits to carrying out the bomb and shooting massacre that killed seventy seven in norway last year. high ranking officials have reportedly attempted to overthrow the leader of qatar in a military coup d'etat according to reports army officers rose against the qatari mir setting off clashes with us backed royal guards outside the m.e.'s palace the coup was foiled and those behind it arrested his belief the royal family had to be helicoptered out the safety. of. massive crowds of march through karnataka in northern peruvian protested a proposed gold mine. project in the area if completed it's expected to bring billions of dollars of profit and investment to the south american country or the experts warn it could jeopardize the region's already scarce water supplies construction plans have stood on a rest in the city recently with the biggest protest drawing ten thousand people in
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two thousand and nine. all right so let's head over now to the r.t. business section to where daniel woodrell is standing by daniel i understand the world markets are on the slide yes and the truth has its own problems today take firms that are blaming new yorkers intel and i.b.m. results missed for costs but yahoo's of the search engine talk slipping or prices were in moscow russia is heavily dependent on crude export losses in the last hour but still give north stream is complete the second line of the world's longest points being finished ahead of the capacity of the internationally owned link between russia and europe is around twelve percent of the e.u. and you'll use well to keep the peace under fire for its bad environmental record in russia the natural resources ministry blames it for seven hundred fifty separate bills a year in the country's biggest fuel bierria ortiz has more. russian
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authorities including the minister of natural resources and environmental officials have been flying around the area which is one of the richest regions of russia when it comes to natural resources drinking out the situation with the environment there and seeing here is caused meanly and officials say ninety seven percent of pieces mainly by in weeks. used by companies and specifically by the end. of the main sanction in this case could be forcing the company to increase its investment in modernizing its pipelines today b.p. annually spins around thirty four million dollars and while it generates one point three billion dollars in profit i big problem here is also with the legislation because it's not the first year that this region is being used by the all industries not the first decade in fact some of the first appeared back in the
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seventy's during the soviet union which doesn't exist anymore so the biggest question is who is responsible now for cleaning all this up with the authorities and the companies pointing the finger of blame at each other we don't agree with the ministries opinion and that we need to prove it we always clean up all our oil leaks and don't forget that russia has a history of oil spills we voluntarily cleaning those oh spills this well and the plant just turned over thirty seven million dollars on bad this year as the war is still being reviewed hopefully it will bring some positive changes to the situation and finally establishing all those responsible for cleaning the environment but the bigger stand for themselves official say that annually around five hundred thousand guns all gets into the arctic ocean why are rivers and springs because of oil production in general. shares fell on that news.
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growing investment fund american bombs as it called another hundred million dollars in the first quarter fertilizer. twenty seven credit. reports. three percent. year highs. as euro traders worried. and that's all we've got time for more stories on our web site slash business. always a pleasure we will see you soon. still to come here on r.t. the headlines and then it's time for tempers to flare that can only mean one thing crosstalk is coming.
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