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    RT and Sputnik; the weaponization of Information

    President Putin during a visit to the new Russia Today broadcasting center Photo courtesy Kremlin Press Office Russia's cable news channel, RT looks like other cable news programs, although its audience is comparatively tiny. But it doesn't have to have big ratings to accomplish the goals of Russia's state media operation. In the age of…

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 18, 2017 • 1 min read

    President Putin during a visit to the new Russia Today broadcasting center

    Photo courtesy Kremlin Press Office

    Russia's cable news channel, RT looks like other cable news programs, although its audience is comparatively tiny. But it doesn't have to have big ratings to accomplish the goals of Russia's state media operation. In the age of Twitter and Facebook, "Russia has built the most effective propaganda operation of the 21st century so far." That's according to Jim Rutenberg, in yesterday's New York Times Magazine.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Devan Schwartz

      Producer

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Jim Rutenberg

      media columnist, New York Times

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