journalists' rights groups reacted with indifference to the naming and shaming over russian media workers by a british newspaper in connection with allegations of spreading information. a scandal hits a russian town after the children of local officials go want to charity trips to turkey organized only for kids with severe illness and. a traditional christmas song gets a bit of a make over this year poking fun at political correctness over this festive season .

it is just turning midday and i want to some of the twenty fifth year in a very snowy moscow for me rory sushi and the whole crew merry christmas and best wishes for the new year. well the british newspaper the times has named and shamed staff at a russian media outlets offices in the u.k. it's off to an m.p. accuse the organization of spreading disinformation the hounding of the outlets journalists though has been met with in different spy various media protection groups and initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the anti russian sentiment that is you know travel in all your key newspapers just say and but it's yes not nice to see your picture up there with your name makes and under the headline as being part of the same when stooge and as i see it you know it's very much part of what's going on just saying you key the sunday times has been so thora and it's. 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 the 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 journalists are we right into my living 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 for near the break this is not a legal it's a public area of public land you don't need permission to film. in there you need

permission to get inside talk to the stuff we didn't record our interaction with the security personnel we didn't try to penetrate the base the b.b.c. 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 labeled 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 abused him 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 to came 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 we have asked several media organizations to comment on what happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the oas he will let you know when we get a response. you know the german magazine der spiegel says it's reporting one of its former top journalists to the police it's over allegations he stole donations made to people who featured in his articles. is already mired in scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories spiegel has since sucked the award winning writer and it suspects

he may have faked more stories than he's currently owned up to. now of course what about whose popularized the term fake news is donald trump so here's a quick look back at some of the year's biggest things the media you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of control in germany that was for. i realized how nasty the bush is and how fake the press can be very fake that one trumps 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. my daughter was not separated from her mother but yeah she's the face of this immigration problem and she has helped create awareness. 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 one dollar. 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 scene known as mike claimed that maria who to 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 me in the oval office with trump turned out that she was wrong and 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 academia some of the fake research got through. closely . or. both.

and one trend we saw throughout the year was fact checkers retracting their fact checks what could be more embarrassing those who claim that they are stopping the spreading 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. hopes for some response from the fake user shenanigans it's just off to four am on christmas morning at the white house right now and if trump is not sleeping if trump is not playing on twitter perhaps he's opening some christie. for.

just a bit of a christmas tree here when i see international not opening your presents too quickly wishing you a very merry christmas and happy holidays from all of us here at odyssey international. now as the world does celebrate christmas festive songs of course are in the air though some have a slightly different ring to them with lyrics that carry

a less traditional message like this upcoming parody remake of carol of the bells which has attracted thousands of views online. you. want to hear people who have never heard of our job. a christmas classics have been having a bit of a hard time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist and the popular jingle bell was slammed as racist while rudolph the red nosed reindeer 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 makes a rather valid point. i

thought it was brilliantly done it address 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 would be offended that they took that christmas song and chose it for the error 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 that address the safe spaces that the college students are given because they can't take it they addressed capitalism being taught as 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 although speaking of political correctness we discuss whether children hugging relatives at this holiday time could send the wrong message in

a moment to our guests in america. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to express an interest or something want to. watch it right. this is what the four three people are. interested always in the why. there should be a. quarter past the hour here in moscow a scandal has had one rushing off to the children of lawmakers trouble to turkey using money donated to a charity for children 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 each of these go to the can see beyond. in the movie with i'm good at the who contributes conclude or to leave of 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 can double if you caught me you thought that they needed to go to the clinic we need. to. look for you. but you might be soon to. 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 a moral and noxious after this scandal erupted they had of the city administration explained that the children of local officials work 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 were chosen just as the fund 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 but when you look at it in your book of which it was with this you know one of the first 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 the 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 very 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 the chairman a year ago it would actually require congressional approval to fire powell though the news was more than enough to push down the markets even further and in

a bid to reassure investors after one of the worst weeks in a decade the treasury minister made what many are calling emergency phone calls to the heads of the six largest banks and we spoke with jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research who thinks in order to avoid a crisis u.s. trade policy among other issues should be significantly 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 tom can reverse this today if he gets rid of his steel

tariffs and there's a limit on terrorists and makes peace with china and and starts believing the real free trade. girl scouts in the united states so warning parents not to encourage their children to hug guests this christmas the 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 psychologist to andrea bust jani archibald says learning about a concerned early is key. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teaching to daughter about consent early on can help her understand her rights know when lines have been crossed and when to go to you for help the u.s. goals cults were founded in one nine hundred twelve the group calls itself a leadership development organization promoting confidence courage and character well to discuss its latest advice we spoke with conservative media personality gina

luden and women's rights advocate reese everson. 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 present 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 instead healthy boundaries no one saying that we should respect for elders . for protecting our children but again if you decide only to protect your child on a holiday when they're already exposed to this relative that there are uncomfortable around the mistake is already made that's the program for this hour here on our international just turning twelve twenty three pm here in moscow on december the twenty fifth we are back with. someone else seemed wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet just don't call. me. yet to see how it just did become active.

and engaged me because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. 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 ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one doesn't show you can't afford to miss the one and only.

my son missed doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just went 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 can see through became convinced that the war on drugs was on the stink there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. certain sins for boren or minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by day as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. now the financial survival

job today was all about money laundering first to visit this cash in the three different. oh good this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands and it will all these banks are complicit in their tough time. we just have to call and say ok i'm ready to do some serious. ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry how about. a bill for a match you know what money laundering is highly illegal for a bunch of guys record. that comes to russia no one's ever no one has ever had

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always been the key to a great education a good job. but facing christmas alone streets. to come to. me this is so cool i was like you know the sun was still still give me for the hopelessly. just you don't really feel like a human being in that. and then. the guy this came

over smithsonian gave me on stage in this book. christmas is about wolves love and family but there are so many people in the u.k. that have none of these things i want to see what it was like to be almost on the signs to go through christmas as a homeless person. myself . just by hope so i thought. well i know it's on your list.

i see it anything but a lump of coal although i don't know. since two thousand and ten the number of rough sleepers in the u.k. has increased by over fifty percent that means literally thousands are out on the street every night. i was going to have enough time to really understand homelessness but everyone has to face the fear that first night out i changed them sometimes of clothes and packed a plastic bag. i have no idea where i'm going to spend christmas or even where i'm going to sleep. a few things but not too much when they. think it's just going to be.

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