© currenttime.tv 'Greetings, comrades. This is Voice of Amerika speaking to you from USSA...'
"Current Time," som den er kaldt er tilgængelig via kabel, satelit og digital platforme, sigtende mod russisk talende i Rusland og det nabolande såsom de baltiske lande, Ukraine og en række af lande i central- og østeuropa.
Kanalen blev lanceret i tirsdags og er et fælles projekt af Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) og Voice of America (VOA), som begge er financieret af den amerikanske kongress.
"Vi prøver på at være objektive og tillade alle parter at tale ud, tilbydende et bredt spektrum af meninger og kommentarer på debatemner. Vi giver speciel ommærksomhed til emner som er overset af den officielle medie af forskellige lande," erklærer Current Time website som deres mission.
Comment: ...undtagen de emner som vores bosser i Pentagon siger vi skal overse.
Kommentar: Denne artikel er delvis oversat til dansk af sott.net fra:US state-sponsored Russian-language 'alternative' news channel launched in Prague to spread fake news
Current Time executive editor Kenan Aliyev told Reuters that he believes "our objective and balanced channel will serve as an alternative to disinformation and lies that sometimes we see coming from Russian state-sponsored outlets."
He noted that the new TV channel is not "a counterpropaganda at all" since it delivers "an open platform for anyone who wants to engage in a civilized discussion."
Comment: Right. We'll see about that.
According to Aliyev, Current Time has about 100 editorial staff at RFE headquarters in the Czech capital and correspondents in the field. The channel's website says its reporters work in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and other nations.
Comment: That's a hefty chunk of US taxpayers' dollars right there.
In 2016, the digital unit of the Current Time network, which has been up and running for a quite a while, has garnered more than 160 million views on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, as well as Russia's most popular social network VKontakte, RFE/RL said in a statement.
With over 60 years on air, RFE/RL is among the oldest state-funded media outlets in the world. It broadcasts 26 languages and had an annual budget of over $108 million in 2016. The money comes through the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a media mastodon that funneled another $218 million to VOA, the other partners in the Current Time project, in 2016.
Comment: And you thought state-sponsored media was bad? Only when they say it is!
The channel was established as part of the Western effort to counter alleged disinformation by the "Russian state-sponsored outlets."
Comment: See!
RT, an autonomous and non-commercial news outlet, has been particularly singled out lately by the US intelligence community for allegedly trying to affect the US presidential election through covering third-party debates, giving voice to opponents of fracking and other journalistic work.
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