Thursday, January 11, 2018
U.S. government goes after Sputnik Radio
The U.S. government has now demanded that Sputnik radio register as a “foreign agent”, an outrageous assault on free speech and nothing less than an attempt to enforce media conformity in this country.
I listen to two shows on Sputnik, Loud and Clear and By Any Means Necessary. Both are hosted by American socialists. Another show (that I don’t listen to) is hosted by a conservative Trump supporter. As far as I can tell all of Sputnik’s hosts and most of their guests are American, and none takes orders from the Kremlin or is restricted in any way as to what they say, and I know this for a fact because the two American socialists I mentioned above are both friends of mine.
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| Sputnik broadcast studio in Washington, D.C., with Brian Becker (L) and John Kiriakou (R) in the background, on the air with their show Loud and Clear |
No, Sputnik is not a “foreign agent”. What it is is one of the few places in the broadcast media spectrum, along with shows like Democracy Now, where you can hear stories and guests you absolutely will not hear on any “mainstream” sources. Is there a single socialist with a show on “left-leaning” (really Democrat-leaning) MSNBC, or even a regular guest? A single socialist who is a columnist for the New York Times, Washington Post, or any corporate newspaper? Not to my knowledge.
Sputnik’s motto is “Telling the Untold”. That’s why the government wants to demonize them and, if they can, shut them down. Not because they’re a “foreign agent”.
Listen for yourself and make up your own mind. Start with this show which deals with this very subject:
