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Another RT Anchor Resigns: ‘I’m for the Truth’
Mediaite
Tina Nguyen
7/18/2014
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Sara Firth, a London-based correspondent for RT, announced her resignation from the Kremlin-owned press outlet today via Twitter, while alleging that she had been, in her own words, “taking a paycheck” to spread Russian propaganda.
“We do work for Putin,” she admitted on Twitter. “We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth.”
“I have huge respect for many in the team, but I’m for the truth,” she added in another tweet.
Firth, who had been filing as recently as the 16th of July, hinted strongly that she’d been asked to compromise a story of hers, likely about the crash of MH17 in Eastern Ukraine:
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Mediaite
Tina Nguyen
7/18/2014
Excerpt:
Sara Firth, a London-based correspondent for RT, announced her resignation from the Kremlin-owned press outlet today via Twitter, while alleging that she had been, in her own words, “taking a paycheck” to spread Russian propaganda.
“We do work for Putin,” she admitted on Twitter. “We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth.”
“I have huge respect for many in the team, but I’m for the truth,” she added in another tweet.
Firth, who had been filing as recently as the 16th of July, hinted strongly that she’d been asked to compromise a story of hers, likely about the crash of MH17 in Eastern Ukraine:
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View the complete article at:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/anoth...for-the-truth/