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They're an international competitor, simple as that. And one whose influence is growing quickly; not to the least because the Kremlin has built its own small media empire that spreads the "Russian point of view" around the world. With American consumers becoming increasingly wary of their own countries media (and to their defense, not without good reason), it's fairly easy for Russian media to influence American viewers.
Compare this too China, which is a greater threat to the US from an economic and military point, but whose attempts to seduce western audiences with pro-Chinese news and propaganda so far have fallen flat on their face. It's a bit ironic, really. If people post something from the Chinese-controlled Global Times, you always get raised eyebrows because everyone and their mum knows its biased at best and propaganda at worst. Meanwhile, many on Voat take RT or Sputniknews (or Zerohedge, but that one is debatable) as the unfiltered word of god.
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They're an international competitor, simple as that. And one whose influence is growing quickly; not to the least because the Kremlin has built its own small media empire that spreads the "Russian point of view" around the world. With American consumers becoming increasingly wary of their own countries media (and to their defense, not without good reason), it's fairly easy for Russian media to influence American viewers.
Compare this too China, which is a greater threat to the US from an economic and military point, but whose attempts to seduce western audiences with pro-Chinese news and propaganda so far have fallen flat on their face. It's a bit ironic, really. If people post something from the Chinese-controlled Global Times, you always get raised eyebrows because everyone and their mum knows its biased at best and propaganda at worst. Meanwhile, many on Voat take RT or Sputniknews (or Zerohedge, but that one is debatable) as the unfiltered word of god.