journalists rights groups react with to the naming and shaming of a. british newspaper in connection with allegations spreading. to the children of local officials go on a trip to turkey. with severe illnesses. and girls in the united states. to hug. the displays of physical affection. and debate the issue. children are often around people that we would like to think are healthy people and when we

present solution we're missing out on what is really happening here in my opinion or putting children at greater danger. december twenty fifth. here from. very merry christmas and happy holidays. into the news now here on the british newspaper the sunday times has named and shamed russian media outlets sputnik u.k. offer an m.p. accuse the organisation of spreading disinformation. has been met with indifference by media protection groups as reports. initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the instruction sentiment there is you know travel in all your key newspapers just

a bit it's yes not nice to see your picture up there with your name except under the headline of being part of a crime when stooge but as i say you know it's very much part of what's going on just saying you carry the sunday times has been so thorough in its reporting of the threat of so-called russian descent from ation that its latest story about the russian funded radio station sputnik which has a bureau in edinburgh carries the photographs of the journalists that work there labels them kremlin stooges and quotes a politician who suggests that their assets should be frozen i would good for school harassment i think putting the pictures of photographs of people who work on a newspaper like that i think is tantamount to almost it might put those people's lives in danger i'm a member of the national news journalists and are we write into my unit in the new year to ask what do you need is planning to do about these journalists working for russian media organizations here in the u.k. have had to develop

a thick skin over the past few years as tensions between london and moscow have heightened articles calling for outlets like r.t. and sputnik to be banned have become a regular occurrence but recently the big papers have gone a step further and they started singling out the journalists working for russian media outlets this is the london bureau chief for russia's channel one more series of last month he did some filming outside the gates of a british military base first story about the british army's cyber warfare unit aimed at fighting so-called russian propaganda he didn't break any laws gave his press credentials to all the security guards he met and left several weeks later the u.k.'s daily mail newspaper printed his. personal details and accused him of being a spy the story was reprinted by a plethora of papers it ratcheted up so much that the u.k.'s defense secretary

issued a statement for citizens to stay vigilant. we sent an inquiry to the defense ministry there's a form on their website but we didn't get any response filming near the base is not illegal it's a public area public land you don't need permission to film there you need permission to get inside to talk to the stuff we didn't record our interaction with the security personnel we didn't try to penetrate the base to be seen correspondent did the exact same thing as us it was broadcast and no one thinks of punishing him there's nothing illegal and you don't even have to work for the russian media to find yourself in hot water just expressing views that the mainstream is enough to be labelled a kremlin stooge putin's poor or useful idiot in the information war nowadays you have extreme language and if you find someone with an opinion which you object to and you don't agree with you then abuse them or her by causing by causing

them a stooge or to use the famous explosion about lenin there were useful idiots the sputnik story isn't the first time the sunday times has used the naming and shaming tactic back in october the paper took aim at the tongue in cheek i see why in my you tube channel which is funded like r.t. by russian taxpayers and fronted by yours truly the paper didn't shy away from printing my photograph and labelled the project the blue peter of russian propaganda the times didn't request a comment from r.t. or myself it seems that naming and shaming doesn't carry a right of reply. when we. the.

people who were featured in. people featured in. this. could be more. biggest. media you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of control information that was for. realized. the. fake. risk in the very. donald trump's famous catchphrase fake news has dominated the headlines ever since he first uttered it why does it drive his detractors so crazy well some would argue that it's true false information and deceptive

reporting seems to be everywhere let's review some of the fake news of twenty eighteen. well one of the most outrageous examples was the cover of time magazine it depicted a sobbing toddler representing donald trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents however it turns out that the girl in the photograph was not separated from her mother. who was not separates it from her mother. but let's go through some other examples now folks had a good laugh when it was revealed that the washington post had actually cited the satirical publication known as click call when reporting on the fact that british people were trying to make the song american idiot by green day go through the charts when donald trump was visiting the country and in other instances we've seen journalists just straight up making things up. for example

a reporter for the web zene known as mike claimed that maria know who's just pled guilty to charges of being an unregistered lobbyist for russia was in a meeting at the oval office i thought this was a photo show but it's not this is my review. of the in the russian spy on in the oval office with trump turned out that she was wrong the person in the photograph was actually a national security council staffer but in the journalist defense they both do have red hair and we all know that all of us gingers look the same. how about a paper on canine rape culture in dog parks or a feminist rewrite of hitler's my struggle it turns out that this year fake news was used to make a political point people were submitting fake research in order to expose what they believed was a bias in ak and damia some of the fake research got through so. closely . for.

us. and one trend we saw throughout the year was fact checkers retracting their fact checks what could be more embarrassing those who claim they are stopping the spreading of misinformation actually spreading misinformation themselves and admitting to it based on what we've seen throughout the year it seems pretty clear that fake news will be well alive in twenty nineteen. r.t. new york. hope for a summer spike from the fake news. just off to one am on christmas morning at the white house now and if he's not sleeping oh not playing on twitter he might actually be opening some. for.

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the middle. east bedsheets. played on the late. just a bit of christmas cheer here on r.t. international now don't go opening your prices too quickly and wishing you all a very merry christmas and the holidays from all of us here at.

girl scouts in the united states so warning parents not to encourage their children to hug guests this christmas you organization says this could pressure girls into showing other types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether or not to give a hug a psychologist andrea best jani archibald says learning about consent early on is key. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teach them to do it about consent early on can help her understand her rights no one lines have been crossed and when to go to you for help the us girl scouts were founded in one nine hundred twelve of the group calls itself a leadership development organisation promoting confidence courage and character to discuss this latest advice we spoke with conservative media personality gina luden and women's rights advocate resurfacing. if you don't teach

a child early on that they are in control of their bodies and that they are in control of their boundaries then there are subject to later on not be able to set healthy boundaries i think that this is all about communication and that's the key if parents are having the age appropriate conversations with their children that are well documented and data driven then they shouldn't have to have any sorts of concerns for thirty percent of the sexual abuse that happens to a child happens by a family member so here's the fact of the matter children are often not the around people that we would like to think are healthy people unfortunately we don't always know as adults what the appetite a person may have for a child in a sexual situation these conversations need to be taking long before any gifts are exchanged and any expectation is made i'm not saying that anyone should be lackadaisical about the cues that children are taking but it is a balance and it is something that is really important and we're not going to solve it by telling our arts little girl on christmas day that she doesn't have to say

thank you to grandma for her gift i just don't think that that's that's when we presume that as a solution we're missing out on what is really happening here in my opinion or putting children at greater danger fortunately most times when a person is being molested the parents have no idea if the grandfather uncle is molesting them and so it the onus is on the parents to be aware cognizant of what the child is communicating to you as a parent have determined that these people are safe for your child to be around that the child this taught respect and manners and respect of elders and whatever whatever the appropriate response is for that child in that moment because some children have a natural bent toward inward and we need to teach our children to be. parents don't always know when a person is a safe person or not and we can't teach girls to put grace before being able to protect and said healthy boundaries no one thing that we should respect for elders . for protecting our children but again if you decide only to protect her child on

a holiday when they're already exposed to this relative that there are uncomfortable around the mistake has already made or still lots told to come here on the program or not see international including a traditional christmas song gets a make over this year to take a swipe perhaps a well needed swipe at political correctness that story just. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each

day. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be rich eight point six percent market so thirty percent from last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one doesn't show you know for a minute one can only. be with us today for the show i want december twenty fifth but of a scandal hitting a russian town after the children of lawmakers travel to talkie using money donated

to a charity for kids with severe illnesses a correspondent with in a culture picks up the story a group of children from the russian town of clinton say five hundred kilometers from moscow went on a trip to turkey the journey was organized by a charity foundation which helps children with severe illnesses and those caught up in. difficult situations it to be about these go to the consumer. who are in the mood with them good at the who contributes cool cool to look at their form dream a new car out of a well turns out some of those children work kids city officials local media discovered a video where the town's top officials try to explain why this happened went viral but you get what you got mean you've got to be needed to go to the community we need to do. it with you. or you could. do it but you might.

be dishing it gets even better or rather wars the mayor's daughter was also among the lucky ones to go to russians were outraged and many of them went on social media to vent their fury these super arrogant officials are fully confident in their impunity. they must be fired a government official is a duty not a privilege our officials are the neediest people in our country the poorest scumbags but it's not just ordinary citizens who are up in arms officials have also come out strongly against of the incident calling it immoral and noxious after this scandal erupted they had of the city administration explained that the children of local officials worked as volunteers and some of them are gifted members of society . talented children they are volunteers this world and it was the year of volunteers there was a special meeting where the candidates with chosen just as the formed to do they

had of the charity foundation says there were no violations hearing the selection process she now plans an official complaint against the local media but the flames of a scandal have already been lit the governor of the region says he will investigate what happened and ask for the local official who a loved one being asked about the consequences the woman who put it in your book of which it was weakness and one of the easier for folks to get your response to the lady well we've learnt that you no longer works there. stock markets in the u.s. close to christmas eve at their lowest in decades for that day that's after president donald trump lashed out at the federal reserve system. the only problem our economy has is the food they don't have a feel for the market they don't understand this is three trade wars or strong dollars or even democrat shutdowns over borders the fed is like

a powerful god for who can't because he has no touch he copilot. following the statement from donald trump rumors started circulating that he might even sock the head of the federal reserve bank jerome powell despite hand-picking him as a chairman a year ago it would require congressional approval to fire powell but the news was certainly enough to drive the markets down further in a bid to reassure investors off to one of the worst weeks in a decade the treasury minister made what some are calling emergency phone calls to the heads of the six largest banks we spoke with jeffrey taka editorial director of the american institute for economic research who thinks in order to avoid a crisis u.s. trade policy among other serious issues should be changed this is actually a very bearish sign about our economic prospects in the future and that's why people are talking about a coming recession the economy is still strong on paper if you look at the data is

strong but the job of the stock market is not to read the existing data which is always about the past the job of the stock market is to anticipate the future that hasn't yet unfolded it hasn't done damage yet but but we're at a very critical moment right now things can change right now and we can reverse course so there's still time prompt can reverse this today if he gets rid of his steel tariffs and his aluminum terrorists and makes peace with china and and starts believing the real free trade. of the world celebrates christmas festive songs are in the some have a slightly different ring to them with the lyrics that carry a less traditional message like in the upcoming parody remake of carol of the bells which has attracted thousands of views online. you.

sent us the wrong with its own sound. i think you need someone who had never heard of a job of whom christmas classics have had a bit of a hard time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist the popular jingle bells has been slammed as racist while rudolph the red nose range is apparently a bully on t.v. host and political commentator steve malzberg thinks the new remake of carol of the bells we just heard actually makes a very valid point i thought it was brilliantly done it addressed the problem that we really have to address in this country here in the united states and it did it in a satirical fashion ironically enough maybe some people will be offended that they took that christmas song and chose it for the era of their music and to do their parody none the less it addressed every one of the problems going on on our

universities and college campuses today it address the safe spaces that the college students are given because they can't take it they addressed capitalism being taught is evil gender that you can't assume somebody gender freedom of speech freedom of thought it's all encompassed in this parody and i think it was brilliantly done and that's the program for this hour here on r.t. international though it's already turning into a busy day for you while the headlines on this december the twenty fifth with facts with more. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to.

have to go right to be cross it's like before freedom or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless number of people who are in prison for. certain sins for boring or minor offenders in the drug trade it's

a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in wave and say by day as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. no one has ever known one has ever had a moment and never even heard about most cool. pictures

from our. little. this is a poem bus broadcast around the world from washington d.c. i'm partial to thanks for joining us we appreciate you hanging out with us coming up today we focus on inequality around the planet will be joined by professor richard wolfe and our t. correspondent on your part and bill looks at a recent united nations report on poverty in the united states and some reactions at home and abroad plus the c.e.o.

of straw market work board which looks at the wealthiest and poorest nations around the world and r.t. correspondent trinity charges goes to fisher island florida of the wealthiest zip code in the u.s. for a special report part of it from. plus our correspondent dan cohen looks at the war on work at the poor areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly of the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to the few headlines we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons. which is analogous to the library of congress here in the us on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by two thousand and thirty up from the current fifty percent and measured in dollars that one percent will increase their huge holdings from the current hundred forty

trillion dollars to three hundred five trillion dollars the labor party's m.p. lam byrne who requested the survey told the u.k. guardian that absent major reforms global policy makers are quote risking a new explosion instability corruption and poverty on the other side of the proverbial calling a november twenty seventh report from credit suisse found that people on the bottom fifty percent of the income scale on less than one percent of global wealth got that fifty percent of lower income folks on less than one percent oh m g. turning back to the us for more granular view of the problem the pew research center noted late last year that the so-called great recession of two thousand and seven to two thousand and nine further exacerbated inequality by race gender and income as one of most trusted analyst of demographics polling and policy in the united states using figures from the federal reserve they found that among

americans poor and middle class the gap between white households wealth and black and hispanic households increased in the wake of the great recession and twenty sixteen white households in these brackets had four times the wealth of comparable african-american families and three times the wealth of hispanic households interestingly pew did find that among lower income household white families lost more wealth than their african-american and hispanic peers. reports about the poor are unfortunately not a new thing over the years we've seen a steady flow of papers studies and reports about the growing poverty united states and what seemed to many people some obscene numbers separating the rich and the poor the haves and have nots as we say with all of this information and data being delivered revealing the staggering level of poverty in the country we may need help

to break it all down and put it into the proper perspective and in that regard we are fortunate and honored to have just such a person joining us now is a presser economics of merit to the university of massachusetts and her friends are richard will professor we're very pleased to have you join us again thank you glad to be here so let's start with a benchmark i mean you teach classes and look at these sorts of things all the time as an income inequality always existed in the u.s. . the answer simply is yes it has our economic system and there's no nice way to say this our economic system capitalism is at least as efficient in reproducing poverty as it is in reproducing wealth it has tried over and over again to say that it is confronting the problem of poverty but if it's true that it did zero it failed to solve the problem because here.