organisations who should be speaking out for free speech who should be condemning these attacks against r.t. are either too afraid to do so or they see they are actually lined with the attacks and so i find that incredibly disappointing i think people whether they like r.t. or they don't like r.t. should defend artie's right to exist to broadcast in the united states to say what it wants to say to interview or wants to interview i think the right to free speech the right to free inquiry is now greatly under attack in the united states in the land of the free you better watch what you say or i'll put you on a list. now it could turn into one of america's most popular websites is getting caught up in this whole campaign against r.t. the drudge report which links to hundreds of news sites is under fire from the washington post no showing stories from r.t. the site's accused of linking to russian propaganda even though it's only a fraction of what drudge post from the newspaper itself is matt drudge reacted to that. i've linked to washington post over ten thousand times in twenty five years of doing

are natural allies. now after facing months of pressure from washington r.t. america has now been forced to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. and you are trying to break stone what that means for the channel. just think about it r.t. america is now officially a foreign agent in the us eighty years after far came into being our us branch registered under the foreign agents registration act which dates back to the times before the second world war back then the purpose was to make sure that no minds of u.s. citizens are influenced by organizations funded by nazi germany whatever was the purpose of the u.s. department of justice in the twenty first century they said at deadline for r.t. america r.t. america chose to meet that deadline because nobody wants to be in trouble with u.s. law enforcement so let's just take a look at some of the things that our u.s. branch could now be obliged to do all the time for example that is attaching a public disclaimer to every piece of information that gets sent out or filing a copy or a version of it to the u.s. departmen

remarks have being contradicted by a good eventual site's media content google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated i do think it censorship you don't have to like the stories that russia today covers you decide what i should or should not read and i think there are quite k.p. rabia under wraps come the tutelage from inside or outside because i discussed my resignation with the president of the republic he won't speak to wait before submitting it to put it on hold be a where he took a small detour help of the events of those days. some of the prime ministers on how really it was forced the resignation was not his desire nor decision. and i hope i am here in the kingdom as a free man. while harry was met by crowds of supporters on his return to beirut some of them like many of their country's politicians believe he was held against his will and forced to resign by the saudis now we asked people in the lebanese capital for the thing that he said let them have to tone i think that the way saudi officials are jamal wakim told us he believes the saudis are using hariri to advance t

r.t. is being put in the spotlight and i would say a target here you yourself personally are a target in the u.k. media in there are quite vicious in their attacks against you tell us more yes from a pay to this matter has become very personal recently i was attacked by two members of the british parliament and they had the article they were ports was run by the times newspaper in what in which i was depicted as a russian propagandist and because i'm a russian propagandist i should lose my parliamentary pass now it is very very callous this attack but then you know peter we are living in very sinister times in which freedom of speech and freedom of the press in britain and america is under attack it's under attack by the british and the american governments who are employing one of their most formidable weapons their media to go after anyone in the public eye who has a high profile and who happens to disagree with what the american the british governments are doing on the international stage let me say this very clearly peter the british and the american establishment howitzers they hate us

to rebrand individual sites media consultant needle wallace is certain google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated i do think it censorship you don't have to light the stories that russia today covers you don't have to want to read the material coming from sputnik but i really do not believe it in any way except a ball that a bunch of politically correct. democratic party supporting people certainly in silicon valley should decide what i should or should not read i think it's the height of arrogance i think that i am quite capable of watching r.t. reading sputnik and deciding what i do or do not want to take from it what i do or do not believe i think this is extremely said mr as i say. lebanon's prime minister suspended his resignation on wed and state his sudden announcement to step down made in riyadh two weeks before that had plunged his country into turmoil many saw as evidence of a growing regional power struggle between saudi arabia and iran. be. announced my resignation from the post of prime minister with my certainty that the will of the lebanese is stronger that th

to deal rank individual sites media consultant neil wallace is certain google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated i do think it censorship you don't have to like the stories that russia today covers you don't have to want to read the material coming from sputnik but i really do not believe it in any way except the ball that a bunch of politically correct. democratic party supporting people certainly in silicon valley should decide what i should or should not read i think it's the height of arrogance i think that i am quite capable of watching r.t. reading sputnik and deciding what i do or do not want to take from it what i do or do not believe i think this is extremely said mr as i say. thousands of islamist protestors have faced off with pakistani police on suddenly they responded by firing tear gas into the crowd. protesters surrounded the offices of the punjab region norman as the settler demanding his resignation accuse the minister of blasphemy after all for. altering the electoral oath remove a reference to the prophet muhammad at least six people were killed and hundr

to really rank individual sites media consultant need wallace is certain google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated. i don't think it censorship you don't have to like the story that russia today coverage you don't have to want to read the material coming from sputnik but i really do not believe it in any way except to ball that a bunch of politically correct. democratic party supporting people certain solari should or should not read i think it's the height of arrogance i think that i am quite capable of watching r.t. reading doing. cases there is on them how many of them hang themselves throw themselves into trains take pills my female colleague forty nine years old killed herself last week with a hunting rifle first and not. only is one of the lucky ones dozens of others have succumbed to the extreme pressures they face she says there was only one reason why she pulled through and that was her children. i realize that my child will come home that day and it saved my life the lack of humanity in police nowadays leads to the situation when many of my colleagues professed to d

media consultant neil wallis is certain google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated i do think it censorship you don't have to like the story that russia today coverage you don't have to want to read the material coming from sputnik but i really do not believe it is in any way except a ball that a bunch of politically correct. democratic party supporting people certainly in silicon valley should decide what i should or should not read i think it's the height of arrogance where does it start and where does it stop who decides that google today will attack our tree but tomorrow the same sort of pressure made you may make and decide to attack the daily mail here in here in britain another political viewpoint they might not like this is suppression this is censorship i think that i am quite capable of watching r.t. reading sputnik and deciding what i do or do not want to trade for what i do or do not believe i think this is extremely sinister as i say meanwhile eric schmidt's remarks have been contradicted by a google representative who said no conc

algorithms to individual sites media consultant he wallace says certain google's actions against r.t. are politically motivated. i don't think it censorship you don't have to like the stories that russia today covers you don't have to want to read the material coming from sputnik but i really do not believe it is in any way except a ball that a bunch of politically correct. democratic party supporting people certainly in silicon valley should decide what i should or should not read i think it's the height of arrogance to morrow the same sort of pressure may get may make them decide to attack the daily mail here in here in britain another political viewpoint they might not like i think that i am quite capable of watching r.t. reading sputnik and deciding what i do or do not want to take from it what i do or do not believe i think it is extremely said mr as i say. lebanon's prime minister suspended his resignation on wednesday after arriving back in beirut the sudden announcement to step down made in saudi arabia had plunged his country into turmoil and seem to expose a growing regional pow

al-jazeera was there for a few years all perfectly fine and i won't be lying if i say that here at r.t. we are waiting for more critical reaction both from individuals and geos when it comes to russia's retaliation it is still work in progress the law makers are working on it but we just heard. the russian foreign minister once again say that steps and response will be taken and uses that could lead to measures mean adequate measures you may come up with difference to the president already sent our reaction will be swift and strong so let's be patient the question now is which media outlets will be affected by this retaliation previously russian official said that it could be american based media or media organizations that are directly funded by the us government think voice of america or the lifes of c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's old legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s ar

al-jazeera was there for a few years all perfectly fine and i will be lying if i say that here at r.t. we are waiting for more critical reaction both from individuals and geos when it comes to russia's retaliation it is still work in progress the lawmakers are working on it but we just heard. the russian foreign minister once again say that steps and response will be taken. measures mean adequate measures you may come up with different as our president already sent our reaction will be swift and strong so let's be patient the question now is which media outlets will be affected by this retaliation previously russia to fall on the list of foreign agents in russia . the head of testimony in congress we can see do you believe the measures against america amount to a deflection tactic and an i'm willing this to acknowledge domestic problems we've also discussed the issue with former u.k. and paid george galloway and virginia state senator richard. well i think that it makes a mockery of brief speech in the united states we go around lecturing the world about how they need to have freedom of the p

a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital and they care and good to have you with us. now the controversial white helmets group is again causing divisions as off to reporters without borders urged this waste press club to cancel a conference critical of the syrian activists the request was rejected by the head of the organization as modern day censorship. you were challenging our support for this conference with the name of our organization appearing on the list of media members return only dissociate ourselves from this event and do not wish to be associated with the conference we invite you to abandon this project which will damage the image of this race press club it was very surprising and very disappointing to see the journalist association asking for the kind of censorship that was my first reaction and so i decided to reply writing your letter and asking them to respect the freedom of the speech and constitution more audacity of who previously conducted hi

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states legal and media analyst lionel has a question washington's selective approach to giving access to so a journalist we're going to sessions. while i a proud member of my republic i asked the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bastion of free speech the first amendment where scores hundreds thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge but are change oh oh oh oh no vero foreign agent very different be gone our tea has been in the nude in one way or another as this for britain fruit this outlaw roe good news organisation and you know what happens in this country when you tell americans you can't do something remember when you were a kid your parents said don't listen to that music. i'm joining us here on r.t. in

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states. let's go to the now with the former america london ken livingstone that mr levin thinker to have you on the program now how does this latest move correspond with the principle of free speech. well it clearly doesn't but there's been a sustained campaign against our team now across much of the west it here in britain as well denouncing r.t. is biased i'm pro russian and there's two basic tracks here and country i don't know any me here around the world stage which i'm denouncing is own government but why i find out i tend to switch between watching b.b.c. news here and then going to the r t channel to get a different take on the news and it's quite interesting on our british television this endless stuff about the war in syria linking it to russia but aiming putin and so on for supportin

r.t. costs a lot of stories that i've pitched to major publications in the united states are rejected and these stories then i go on r.t. and i will speak about them and they reject it because they're critical of us foreign policy generally and this is suppressed keenly in the us so by speaking our tea about it they've got a two for a first date they suppress it and then of comes out emerges on our t.v. they call it propaganda they don't want this critical information out there and i've tried to get stuff into the mainstream and the most recent example is in the earlier this month i wrote an article on russia gate for the huffington post it was posted by myself for twenty four hours and then i was it was taken down it was i was never given a reason why before afterward and i can all conclude even though i don't like the word or really use it but in this is censorship political censorship because my story explained essentially that the the the basis of the entire russia gate story is are two discredited. in packets of information paid for by the democrats the steel memo the m i six for agen

r.t. and sputnik are propaganda well i think that russian media like r.t. is simply giving the russian perspective on the news the way c.n.n. and the new york times gives an american perspective on the news and b.b.c. british perspective of course american journalist don't think that when they think they're giving a universal truth they don't see that they are speaking from within their own national perspective so to call r.t. propaganda sputnik is a joke in my opinion and worse than that is to lump them both of them in sputnik in archie with info wars i mean this shows you the quality of the mind or wrote that article it's delusional because or in four words is nowhere near journalism r.t. as a news channel and if you want to understand what's happening in the world you've got to look at the different perspectives from russia from iran from the u.s. from britain and take these all into consideration so to call one russian television r.t. propaganda and to lump it in one in four words is just extraordinary and really shows the depth of the despair i think t

r.t. which are jesus' name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states. to bring us the latest scandal bring us those updates as they come in now chief has given a reaction to the withdrawal of all of the americas accorded. to all the self-righteous defendants the freedom of speech who also ardently proclaimed that far registration places no restrictions whatsoever on azziz journalistic work in the u.s. withdrawal of congressional credentials speaks much louder than m. to plan to choose. was going to join the president of the american middle east corporation so i did thanks for joining us john as our correspondents blames the ruling effectively means all the reporters are barred from all events on capitol hill does this step make any any sense really. i don't think it does i think it's an example of the deep state striking back at r.t. . you know there's been so much talk of the trump campaign cooperating and colluding with the russian authoritie

r.t. in the u.s. are equal to attacks on free speech that's according to president vladimir putin he was answering reporters' questions on the last day of the apec summit in vietnam did fifty of soonish that exclude him and those who are doing this in the u.s. have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the u.s. is make no mistake an attack on. freedom of speech itself mr putin also promised that the russian government will come up with appropriate retaliation such retaliation may affect american or american funded media that are operating in russia this is a reaction to a very recent decision by the us department of justice to set a deadline for our team america our u.s. brands to register as a foreign agent and we were forced to obey because otherwise we would have been in trouble with the u.s. law but in any case as a foreign agent our t

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states or editor in chief marketing the simona has given her reaction to the withdrawal of all the americans a quarter station to all the self-righteous defendants the freedom of speech who also ardently proclaimed that far registration places no restrictions whatsoever on azziz journalistic work in the u.s. withdrawal of congressional credentials speaks much louder than m. to plentitude illegal a media analyst told us what he thinks is behind the latest action against thought the american. the first amendment where scores hundreds thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge but are cheney oh oh oh oh no they're all foreign agent very different be gone now look i understand this all started when hillary clinton lost the election i understand it and i

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states our editor in chief margarita simonyan has also reacted to the latest obstacles put by washington in the way of our journalistic work to all the self-righteous defenders the freedom of speech who also ardently proclaimed that far registration places no restrictions whatsoever on azziz journalistic work in the u.s. withdrawal of congressional credentials speaks much louder than i am to plentitude . legal and the media analyst lionel has been questioning washington's selective approach to giving access to so joining us. while i a proud member of my republic i ask the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bastion of free speech the first amendment where scores hundreds thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge

surprise to find foreign listeners of r t will be more in a few weeks time than they are now when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like amnesty and other groups that are supposed to be defending free speech and free media and yet when russia very reasonably announces reciprocal measures in response to these measures from the us then all of a sudden these so-called impartial western pro human rights organizations come out and say this is outrageous this is terrible russia is clamping down on free speech so i think everybody can see now very clearly the hypocrisy that underpins so much of this western organizations. garlands former first minister has launched his new talk show right here r t alex salmond it was slammed in the press for joining this channel with headlines like these but he is confident that he made the right decision. are you not afraid of been hosts in the rush of the program taking into consideration all the publications. haven't disappeared the question i thought might be from the sun the daily

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states we asked media experts how congress is not actions timely with the principle of freedom of speech the united states government cannot because of the constitution openly censor a news organization so that going around the corners here they're doing it in a different way they started by pressuring you to register as a foreign agent and now we've seen the consequences of that that in fact your press passes were pulled on capitol hill so they are step this systematically step by step trying to shut down our trees operations in the u.s. why are they trying to do this because u.s. corporate media is routinely suppresses news critical moves particularly of us for . i'll see what a proud member of my republic i ask the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bas

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states all right it's there in chief to do the same one on one has given a reaction as well to the withdrawal of all of the americas a quote attention to all the filth freshens defenders of freedom of speech who also ardently proclaimed that far registration places no restrictions whatsoever on azziz journalistic work in the u.s. withdrawal of congressional credentials speaks much louder than m. to plan to choose a legal and media analyst told us what he thinks is behind the latest action against the america. here's the interesting aspect from the state department in their read heather nauert in october said in the fact that under u.s. law registration is simply triggered one an entity or an individual engages in political activity where the united states tell someone or register q. to register

r.t. which are jesus' name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states. for more on this we're joined live by virginia senator richard block now senator do you think this condemnation coming from the international federation of journalists will have any effect possibly swaying washington over its decision at all. well i think it is it's going to have some effect but. you know the american news media have long been centrally controlled. while we talk about having a free press it actually is quite heavily controlled particularly in the area of foreign policy. what this decision does is it number one is it tightens the media's censorship over information that reaches the american public and second way it cuts competition by our t.v. news to a.b.c. c.b.s. n.b.c. and fox news. i don't think it's any secret that r.t. news has had sort of an explosion of popularity with the american public because they feel that they can obtain news there that is censor

r.t. there are thousands of us doing it behind his record is a simple strategy we attack persons instead of talking about the arc of what's next why stop there will be any from getting this close to the white house i'm with a group code pink why not ban the color pink one hour stretch beyond the right i should be sent to the terrible one because i'm a traitor brick me although we'll put up with my lifetime of this sort of nonsense you don't scare me want to scare us and i'll continue to voice my opinion i'll continue to speak i am in good company i'm in good company who gives me you want leaders because we are free thinkers. the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receive it least for now is this a sign of things to come as the saudi royal family changes so to saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up for a spring. in america a college degree requires a great deal. paying a decades long debt. studying so hard it requires strong. going through humiliation to enter an elite society. and parching to death sometimes quite literally. want other true color

are suffering the most both from relentless. my colleague andrew farmer is just off camera ready to come in here three minutes time stay with r.t. international. they are. the boss zero. zero. zero zero. zero zero zero. yes well this is how the. thank you. i mean you called me a useful idiot useful idiot useful idiots were expressing my opinions on t.v. there are thousands of us doing it behind his record is a simple strategy we attack person instead of talking about what's next why stop me from getting this close to the white house i'm with a group code pink why not ban the color pink one hour stretch beyond the right i should be sent to the town because i'm to try to break me on the wheel but out with my long time of this sort of nonsense you don't scare me and i'll continue to voice my opinion i'll continue to speak out i'm in good company i'm in good company you give me you want to do this because we're free thinkers. in the philippines where he is being met by protests. like you know. the u.s. president is again offering to help mediate in the region's conflicts as he dives into the china sea dispute. between moscow and the

r.t. which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states and we lost the media to expose how congress actions would be principle of freedom of speach. well it's monstrous really there are closing down free speech in the name of free speech they're closing down freedom whilst posing as the champions of freedom it's monstrous because it was a pack of lies when the four started to register as a foreign agent and then said the that would not affect the r.t. employees doing their job as reporters only know to make it impossible so it's part of this witch hunt while i a proud member of my republic i asked the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bastion of free speech the first amendment where scores hundreds thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge but are cheney oh