documents emerged revealing that u.s. drug maker could do far more campaign to suppress negative stories about its widely prescribed opioid painkillers. also this hour the u.s. stresses its commitment to nato as the french president slammed the alliance as. we aspirations what they think. we're going to sort of nature. because you're a little too truly has an organized enemy and its territory i think europe needs to start having. political and economic protect itself. and the british university cancels a talk by a feminist artist after students accuse her of trans phobia we get her side of the story. i don't believe i'm trying to fight because i don't believe i said anything

trying to transpire bake i think you know universities are the only places that places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out why and we can learn from each other but. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. obtained documents reveal that the u.s. drugmaker purdue pharma use leaving media outlets to downplay the risks of its widely prescribed opiate painkiller drug has been blamed for america's deadliest epidemic revelations were made by the investigative media outlet pro publica the misleading articles and questions were written by analysts from purdue funded think tanks and they cited who do fund and studies with more years. purdue pharma the corporation that created oxy cotton is generally blamed for the crisis due to their

efforts to reorient the medical community and change the narrative regarding the dangers of addiction let's go over a specific example of how they went about doing this in 2004 the new york times ran an article containing this wildly misleading statement regarding the danger of addiction contrary to media portrayals the typical oxycontin addict does not start out as a pain patient who fell unwittingly into a drug habit the author of that article is sally said tell a fellow at the american enterprise institute specializing in medical issues coincidentally the american enterprise institute received $50000.00 a year from purdue pharma since 2003 plus an additional 800000 dollars for special events according to documents received by pro publica but it gets better what study did said tell site in order to defend a funder of her institute the national household survey on drug abuse found that among non-medical oxycontin users 98 percent has also used other addictive pain

relievers for non medical purposes and more than a 4th had used heroin well what they don't mention is that that study was actually carried out by employees and consultants of purdue pharma now sally's to tell says she has no idea that her institute was funded by purdue the new york times and the american enterprise institute have denied any wrongdoing but sallies to tell didn't just defend the profits of purdue in the new york times she also did it elsewhere she was quite a media star when it came to propane killer opining. oxycontin does not cause addiction it's abusers are already addicts. the real public health damage here comes from the peach campaign conducted by zealous prosecutors and public interest advocates to demonize the drug itself. this is tragic because oxycontin has been a godsend for millions of patients. only

a minority of people who are prescribe opiates for pain become addicted to them and those who do become addicted and who die from painkillers over dues is done to obtain these medications from sources other than their own physicians but media spin was just one step for do also funded other organizations to push its agenda of more prescriptions for pain killers the american academy of pain medicine and the american pain society promoted this for example studies indicate that it didn't over development of addiction we know the relief of pain is low furthermore experience has shown a known addict can benefit from the carefully supervised judicious use of opioids for the treatment of pain for do it rich these donations were made but it defends its position per view has been contacted over the years by policy experts at a variety of think tanks who are seeking additional context on industry issues for their work our engagement has always been appropriate and aimed at providing a science based perspective that the company felt was often overlooked in the

larger policy conversation over 400000 americans have lost their lives to opioids since the year 2000 and many more lives have been ruined by addiction and r.t. new york producer has made billions of dollars selling oxycontin and is now suppling thousands of legal cases the lawsuits claim the company aggressively push the drug while failing to be upfront about the risks of addiction and overdose on average $130.00 americans die each day from overdosing on opioids nearly 80 percent of heroin users started out on painkillers addiction dr analemma key things the influence of companies on think tanks is dangerous. that's typical for produce pharma to try to influence the way that doctors prescribe opioids by going into organizations that they know can influence the way the doctors think about how to treat pain so in this instance influencing important think

tank which produces articles about whether or not oxy cotton is safe and effective is a very clever and very standard way that produce pharma tries to influence opioid prescribing in the united states giving money to these think tanks in a clear effort to influence them seems very dangerous indeed. there was secretary of state mike pump air has stressed america's commitment to nato and a meeting with the alliance the secretary general in brussels before the meetings in december as well and i know we'll have a successful tiger together to where we set the conditions so we can have a successful leader summit continue to ride this incredibly important nato mission . his words there are in stark contrast to those of french president emanuel micron who recently criticized the alliance in the style of picks up the story. nato

heavyweights are converging upon brussels and it's all smiles and pats on the back and a very very v.a.p. guest all the way from the united states the secretary of state might bump a.o. himself but behind this facade of handshakes and mutual joy hides a nasty in the blocks fabric and that is between the believers in the alliance and heretics who dare question the relevance of the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death while we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato nato only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secretary-general stoltenberg has

felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato e.u. cannot defend europe well mccraw those words didn't sit well with other members of the block to for instance the us ambassador to nato she said that she strongly disagreed with them and she called the alliance essential i don't think europe would be se without a transatlantic bond that we have the german foreign minister also talked about this and he said that nato had been europe's military insurance for the past 70 years and one polish member of the european parliament well he managed to find the only present russian trail behind micron's words in fact he stopped very short of calling the french president a russian puppet i think is very. to russian pressure in any case in france this is a long tradition and this is only the latest in

a whole spree of loyalty troubles faced by nato lately for instance even the locomotive pulling it forward the united states has had its problems with the block donald trump for instance has criticized europe for being unwilling to pay a fair and due amounts for all the benefits europe is well apparently enjoying from its partnership with nato you must also ensure that nato members meet their financial obligations wish pending 90 percent of their job with the piggy bank that they like to take from get assessed paying the bills united states. it helps them there in europe helps them a lot more that it helps us that doesn't work folks well i asked parisians where they stand when it comes to the relationship between europe and nato does europe need nato yeah i think so yeah before build up of defense. we have to speak up with the russian and to try to bring the europe a bloc efficient between the u.s.

and china and russia are going to sort of nato is obsolete because europe no longer truly has an organized enemy on its territory. i think europe needs to start having its own weapons both political and economic to protect itself europe cannot defend itself without me being alone we don't advance well with help we can move faster and stronger evidently the chasm between opinions on whether or not nato needs europe and vice versa is as wide here in paris as it is within the bloc itself a mortgage donna reporting from paris see we talked about this with the director of the crisis research institute mark almond he told us there are a number of disagreements threatening nato's integrity. there are certain tensions between paris and berlin between paris and washington french say that they need to assert themselves and your needs for such as a separate pillar of nato and not be too dependent on the americans but other

countries like for instance germany that's often seen as a copartner axis with frontrunning the e.u. is rather worried about this all of this brings out that there are deep divergence of interest was a deep chasm division within your about how you judge the major part to its east and so all of these things come together to make a very messy birthday party for nato coming up in 2 weeks' time. and apparently embarrassing incident during a t.v. interview with a us democratic lawmaker has gone viral and its own bizarre way it's highlighted the divisions in u.s. politics or saskia taylor more so than at the washington is thick with intrigue and contrive a see the public hearings in the latest trump impeachment saga into their 2nd week and everyone wants to know has he done it will this be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back the president used taxpayer dollars to ask the ukrainians

to help and should an election that can't be right guys i think we've got the wrong sound bite in the. what really. ok no apparently that is right tag for gate is on everyone's lips democratic representative eric swalwell was weighing in on the ongoing impeachment hearings when he dropped. dropped an explosive bomb on m s n b c you'd think though that while one world human stuff happens move on and 2 the president of the united states of america could possibly be impeached potentially just the thought in the country's history but no the scandal over that in quick moment is refusing really. to blow over and mainstream media is leading the charge trying to get to the bottom of it i'm really

sorry about the but i have to ask if this was you or someone in the studio it was not me and i didn't hear it when i was speaking you look like you heard it and are stifling a lot i guess did not hear it even politicians have jumped on to the bandwagon keen to show off the shop wit cutely. first. cruise made a rookie error and forgot that he too had been involved in a story that also rippled far and wide to show you senator and thank you for keeping it clean you know without waiting out more so let's see what all the conspiracy theories on the table are the program on which i happened hardball tried to cover up its tracks and said it was just the presenters scraping his mug across the table to which swalwell took a leaf out of trump's book and breathed

a sigh of relief but let's test that one out neal over to you. not sure so maybe another one the cameraman was to blame they were wise think they're safe just because they're in the shot but guys is that even possible you know. know i thought of the theories held up to scrutiny though view was smelt a rat pluto was demoted as a planet but terry swallow is now secure among the gas giants. is not a candidate that you can stand behind the cover of is own worries worse than a crime so while iran faces protests bolivia it faces a coup trump faces possible impeachment and the u.k. faces and not the string of pranks it delays the media follows it's very funny

excellent nose for stories let's see when this one runs out of gas ok thought this is ridiculous i mean are you know you can talk about this seriously and don. still to come in the program rock group pink floyd's front man has spoken to r.t.m. about his dismay at what's happening to the whistleblower join us. for you after the break. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the

time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. somebody wanted. to go right to the press to see what the full story of the more people get. interested always in the lives of. their citizens. welcome back the issue of free speech on campus is making headlines once again the

u.k.'s oxford brookes university canceled a talk by a feminist artist after she was accused of discriminating against transgender people. rachel is a trans exclusionary raja who feminist who frequently shares transphobia discourse on her social media we firmly believe that inviting such speakers infringes upon academic freedom food groups i don't believe i'm transphobia i don't believe i've said anything trans trans fatty basic i mean we're having a discussion based on no facts and you know that's quite worrying and we should be dating with facts i mean you'd be interested to see what their definition of trans phobic is and why they're calling me trans firebrick. and then we can start the discussion from that the only i was going to talk about my work is feminist i talk about the problems women have building big installations i'm especially because i do a lot with technology so i talk about women in stem and stuff like that i mean it was just purely talking about women in art i mean the thing is with the l g b

t q plus. it's a very very divided organization you know there's a lot of tension between sort of wimmin trans people and gay people i mean it's very very divided and i think that's why one organization like the l.g.b. alliance has been set up to actually you know just so people who have the same issues around same sex attraction come together which. you know the trans people seem to have an issue with. concerns over academic freedom has been growing in recent years both in the u.k. and abroad with critics arguing that non-conformist voices are being stifled research by the policy exchange think tank suggests for instance that over half of britain students do not consistently support free speech on campus again says universities should encourage critical thought and constructive dialogue. honestly that was ridiculous i mean i'm talking about all of them talking about the way i make oh it's there's no infringement on academic freedom at all i just don't see

the really interesting to see who the complainants are you know and i would suspect there's probably a few disenfranchised men who have fun with women talking about women making awful feminist issues having to you know universities learning prices the places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out more and we can learn from each other i mean will be really interesting is the people who he put this treat out why are they hiding behind this sort of fake name why don't they come forward we can have an open discussion you know because i could teach resulting in maybe i could teach is about open discussion. several news outlets opted to scrub a story of mistreated children when it turned out that trumps administration was not in the wrong and expert had claimed that $100000.00 migrant kids were being held at u.s. border facilities often in violation of international law big media outlets like associated press the new york times and reuters ran with the claim but then the one issued a correction apparently the figure related to all of 2015 when barack obama was in

charge according to the latest u.s. government data the true number of migrant children held so far this year is $70000.00. outlets were quick to retract but rather than correct the story in light of the new information they dropped it altogether. withdrawal when the story the author of the report has clarified that the figures do not represent the number of children currently in migration related to his detention but the toll toll number of children in migration related you has detention in to solve and in 15 will delete the story columnist at spectator usa child work more things such decisions are driven by media bias. it was determined that that report was actually 2015. and they had sort of history a retraction of their fine they simply took the story down so it seems that the press is exposing itself more and more particularly on this issue with the border

as being really propagandist. earlier r.t. america host rick sanchez asked larry king to comment on the current state of the u.s. media saying things outlets have long been entrenched along democrat and republican lines. what we have today in media. and that's a good quote. is that we have one network devoted exclusively to the right one working exclusively to the left one network just says it's in the center was c.n.n. has drifted left so the way we get our news is r t but we get our news from c.b.s. a.b.c. n.b.c. at the appropriate half hour in the evening so are we were certainly you get the news see if you if you click around you're going to get the news if you only tune to m. as n.b.c. or or fox you don't get the news you get a viewpoint on the news and fox that's

a good point fox might have kept next and then. on musk's aspiration to make the internet available across the globe has caused a backlash in scientific circles infuriated researchers say that the latest project by the space x. c.e.o. could pose a threat to astronomy space x. sent to 60 satellites into orbit earlier this month it was the 2nd launch within the starling project with tens of thousands more planned just after the bash blasted off astronomers sounded the alarm complaining that musk satellites heavily affected the work of a highly sensitive instruments. while i am in shock the huge amount of starling satellites crossed our skies tonight at sir to lower our d. cam exposure was heavily affected by 19 of them the train of starling satellites lasted for over 5 minutes rather depressing this is not cool last night too astronomers were hoping to observe stars in a pair of nearby galaxies with a telescope in chile instead they were greeted to the size of 19 passing satellites

in space x.'s starlink mega constellation whoa this is rather a go for on base astronomy i guess we'll have to get used to lots of additional data processing dream of satellite trails. elon musk has dismissed the concerns as exaggerated he also suggested that more telescopes need to be put into orbit cosmologist lawrence krauss says the starling satellites will create headaches. these these satellites from what i understand are thomas a totally controlled it could change orbit so it's not as if you can always predict where they're going to be and i suspect we're going to see if we have that many new objects in space i would be surprised if we didn't see collisions and other other concerns the number of new satellites that projected up there is a significantly greater factor than all the satellites in history at this point these objects as are now designed to appear reflect for a very long periods and i think therefore this is a qualitatively different system the other thing is that with small groups of

satellites like you're really arrayed in systems you could design your own astronomical observations to avoid the times when those might be traveling overhead but with 42000 of them it's a very different thing to it may be impossible to find a time when you're not being when your observations are not being impacted and that's the reason i think you're hearing the outcry right now. the front man of rock band pink floyd roger waters has spoken out angrily about what's happening to join a sun it comes amid fears the whistleblowers extradition to the u.s. is now more likely after sweden dropped a 2010 rape case against him america accuses him of conspiring to hack government computers if convicted he may face up to 175 years in jail he's currently in ball marsh prison in the u.k. and his extradition hearing is set to take place in february of next year roger waters told us a songe is a political prisoner. oh process of will being followed at the moment somebody

somebody banged up in belmarsh for 23 ounce out of every 24 being slowly murdered by the state because he told uncomfortable truths about war crimes committed by the united states of america. it's purely purely political this is a political prisoner he's been hung out to dry as a warning to others others who might decide that they might be journalists that they might fulfill that function as journalists by informing the public and the electorate of what goes on secretly in their name so this business objects tradition has nothing to do with the legal process he's being railroaded in it's disgusting to find the truth these days is that strangely difficult in any sane universe he would be lauded as a hero of the people for getting at the truth and then publishing it and he's not

killing him that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. i have concern about new technologies and i think society should and i and i try to help them get engaged in those concerns. but we also should have concerns about doing nothing doing nothing is extraordinarily risky in a world with some point 5000000000 people and a whole series of both ancient technologies that are not necessarily suitable for tomorrow. this is a story about what happens austria stray bullets kills

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