"We respect her views, and the views of all our
journalists, presenters and program hosts, and there will be absolutely no
reprimands made against Ms. Martin.
"In her comment Ms. Martin also noted that she does not
possess a deep knowledge of reality of the situation in Crimea. As such we’ll
be sending her to Crimea to give her an opportunity to make up her own mind
from the epicentre of the story."
A presenter on Russia Today, the broadcaster funded through the
Kremlin, has denounced the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine, saying she
"cannot stress enough" how strongly she feels about Russia's invasion
of Crimea.
Going spectacularly rogue, Breaking the Set host Abby Martin, on
the American version of the channel, ended her show by saying she "wanted
to say something from my heart about the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine
and Russia's military occupation of Crimea."
Pacing the Washington studio, Martin continued: "Just
because I work here, for RT, doesn't mean I don't have editorial independence
and I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any military intervention
in sovereign nations' affairs.
"What Russia did is wrong."
Host Abby Martin, on the American version of the channel
In a 90 second clip, Martin admits she has gaps in her knowledge
about Ukraine's cultural make-up and history, but said that does not change the
fact that "military intervention is never the answer".
"I will not sit here and apologise for or defend military
action," she said.
She slammed the coverage of the escalating crisis from all sides
of the media spectrum as "disappointing.. and rife with
misinformation".
"All we can do now is hope for a peaceful outcome for a
terrible situation and prevent another full-blown Cold War between multiple
superpowers. Until then, I'm telling the truth as I see it," she ended.
Some experts have commented that Martin appeared to be reading
from an autocue, and therefore must have had her producer's consent for the
segment. Russia Today has not responded to a request for comment from HuffPost
UK but the broadcaster's editor in chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted on Tuesday
that Martin's spiel was "consistent" with her usual approach.
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Martin has made no direct comment on the incident on her Twitter
feed, but retweeted a quote from artist Vincent VanGogh.
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind
in the process. - Vincent Van Gogh
Russia Today is widely perceived as the voice of the Kremlin,
with Reporters Without Borders describing it as a "step of the state to
control information." The channel is often virulently anti-American and
has been accused of ignoring or white-washing criticism of President Vladimir
Putin, and of controversial issues like the imprisonment of punk band Pussy
Riot.
Martin herself is a 9/11 Truther, calling the
government's version of the events "propaganda", and has accused
Israel of using "Hitler's methods".
1 comment:
It's a crucial time for the whole world, Europe, Ukraine and of course Crimea.
I keep my self updated through the net our by our.
Dear Lord! May the leaders make the right decisions!
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