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JDubya
11-05-2016, 10:12 PM
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state-owned media does little to hide its preferences in the U.S. presidential election.

News reports about the race for the White House on Russian television devote most of their time to elaborating on Donald Trump's allegations that Hillary Clinton is corrupt and the election is rigged.

"Clinton has a choice. Either she gets the presidency or she goes behind bars," pro-Kremlin journalist Dmitry Kiselyov said during his flagship Sunday program on the state-controlled Vesti channel. Unlike the anti-establishment Trump, he told viewers, Clinton has the full backing of the U.S. security services, "oligarchic" corporations and the media.

Other reports on the Kremlin-controlled TV channels that are the primary source of news for most Russians have highlighted concerns about Clinton's health, linked her to sex scandals and suggested the Democratic Party is "panicking" over recent polls.

"My colleagues at these channels completely back Trump and show all the bad things about Clinton," said Aleksei Venediktov, the editor of liberal Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly rejected claims that the Kremlin would like to see Trump win the White House. Experts, however, point to strong similarities between their positions on major foreign policy issues, including Syria and Ukraine.

The Russian media is pushing Trump's candidacy "very, very aggressively," according to a European Union official who monitors the Russian media and spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.

The presidential battle has been widely covered, though it usually appears in news bulletins after domestic news and stories about Russia's military action in Syria.

Much of the focus has been on Clinton, who is portrayed as a Russophobe, a warmonger and responsible for bloodshed in the Middle East.

The latest leak of emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta inspired a report titled "what's with Clinton's head?" on the state-controlled NTV television channel. It showed footage of Clinton coughing heavily and tripping when entering a plane, along with excerpts from a Soviet cartoon comparing her to a sick grandmother.

Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent presenter on NTV, said it's not that Russian media backs Trump, but rather that they dislike Clinton.

"It's rather hard to feel sympathy for a person who raises hell on your country and everyone in it," he said in an interview.

In contrast, negative stories about Trump often get lighthearted coverage. Reporting fresh allegations of sexual abuse against Trump on Oct. 15, the Vesti channel aired a segment called "Too many p------" set to jaunty music that took viewers through allegations of sexual misconduct by former president Bill Clinton and some of the claims against Trump himself.

In recent weeks, Russian media attention has concentrated on apparent flaws in the U.S. election process, echoing Trump's claims that the election is rigged against him.

In his Sunday program, Kiselyov highlighted what he said were problems with the electoral system, which he described as "an inter-tribal mess" that had not changed since the 18th century. Some U.S. states still used voting machines from the 1980s, he said, which he compared to soda vending machines in the Soviet Union.

Also repeated frequently are claims by Trump that the U.S. has 1.8 million dead people registered to vote. They're called "dead souls," a reference to a famous 19th century Russian novel by Nikolai Gogol.

Russian television channels say what Kremlin officials cannot afford to while the outcome of the election is still unknown, according to Venediktov.

"The Russian media is always one step ahead," he said.

LINK (https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-media-backs-trump-questions-us-democracy-091558036.html)

^^Apparently the entire Russian media sounds exactly like standard old American right-wing radio slop.

resister
11-05-2016, 10:16 PM
Wow ,that text is a block of in broken,irelevent boredom ....ZZZ

JDubya
11-05-2016, 10:31 PM
Wow ,that text is a block of in broken,irelevent boredom ....ZZZ
Not for those with adequate reading comprehension.

FindersKeepers
11-06-2016, 04:41 AM
Not for those with adequate reading comprehension.

Russia has every right to prefer one candidate over another. The US does it all the time. In fact, Obama so wanted Netanyahu to lose the last Israeli election that he sent a campaign team with one of the managers from his own campaign -- to work against Netanyahu.

You're not pointing out anything new here.

Hillary said that we should have opposed the Palestinians having any election -- or at least -- we should have taken steps to ensure that "our" person won that election.

Russia doesn't like Hillary. Oh well.

Don't fret -- she's on a path to get us into a war with Russia. Maybe China, too. You'll be able to sit back and cheer as you watch the videos of the carnage that will ensue. You can justify your glee by reminding us that Russia didn't like Hillary and therefore they deserve it.

Ethereal
11-06-2016, 05:48 AM
Hillary Clinton and her supporters believe they have the right to meddle in the affairs of any country they want, so what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

JDubya
11-06-2016, 09:18 AM
Lookie lookie lookie ^^^^ at the contard wingnut goofballs applauding the fact that Russian commies support their candidate because he's in their back pocket!!!

Who does not understand that if it was reversed and Putin endorsed Hillary, the seats of their pants would be dragging the ground because of how hard they crapped in them????

This whole Trump debacle has been very enlightening and eye opening about what kind of people right-wingers really are.

Not surprising, but enlightening.

Proves what we on the left have always known about the right... your patriotism is not even skin deep. Blows right off of you like dust in a light breeze.

resister
11-06-2016, 09:22 AM
Lookie lookie lookie ^^^^ at the contard wingnut goofballs applauding the fact that Russian commies support their candidate because he's in their back pocket!!!

Who does not understand that if it was reversed and Putin endorsed Hillary, the seats of their pants would be dragging the ground because of how hard they crapped in them????

This whole Trump debacle has been very enlightening and eye opening about what kind of people right-wingers really are.

Not surprising, but enlightening.

Proves what we on the left have always known about the right... your patriotism is not even skin deep. Blows right off of you like dust in a light breeze.
Change your diaper,its as full of shit as you

Ethereal
11-06-2016, 09:22 AM
Democrats should stop pretending to hate Russian commies. It's pretty laughable. You guys are the biggest commies in America. That's why you want to come after the guns. Can't have a commie dictatorship without disarming the people, can you, comrade JDubya?

resister
11-06-2016, 09:32 AM
Democrats should stop pretending to hate Russian commies. It's pretty laughable. You guys are the biggest commies in America. That's why you want to come after the guns. Can't have a commie dictatorship without disarming the people, can you, comrade JDubya?
Civilian disarmament has preceeded every genocide in human history.FWIW

JDubya
11-06-2016, 02:58 PM
Democrats should stop pretending to hate Russian commies. It's pretty laughable. You guys are the biggest commies in America. That's why you want to come after the guns. Can't have a commie dictatorship without disarming the people, can you, comrade JDubya?
Pathetic attempt at deflecting attention away from the fact that the Republican nominee has the full support of the Kremlin.

I believe this is unprecedented in American history.

And the right-wing slobs who're voting for this POS couldn't care less as long as he promises you all the guns you can shove up your backsides if elected.

Truly sickening.

resister
11-06-2016, 03:01 PM
Pathetic attempt at deflecting attention away from the fact that the Republican nominee has the full support of the Kremlin.

I believe this is unprecedented in American history.

And the right-wing slobs who're voting for this POS couldn't care less as long as he promises you all the guns you can shove up your backsides if elected.

Truly sickening.
She hates Russia so much she sold them a shitload of uranium while millions flowed into the Clinton foundation in an apperant "coincidence"

JDubya
11-06-2016, 03:04 PM
She hates Russia so much she sold them a shitload of uranium while millions flowed into the Clinton foundation in an apperant "coincidence"
Link (http://correctrecord.org/fact-check-donald-trumps-false-claim-on-russian-uranium-deal/)

resister
11-06-2016, 03:06 PM
Link?
Common knowledge dude,look it up for yourself.I have neither the time nor interest

Chris
11-06-2016, 04:37 PM
Lookie lookie lookie ^^^^ at the contard wingnut goofballs applauding the fact that Russian commies support their candidate because he's in their back pocket!!!

Who does not understand that if it was reversed and Putin endorsed Hillary, the seats of their pants would be dragging the ground because of how hard they crapped in them????

This whole Trump debacle has been very enlightening and eye opening about what kind of people right-wingers really are.

Not surprising, but enlightening.

Proves what we on the left have always known about the right... your patriotism is not even skin deep. Blows right off of you like dust in a light breeze.


Change your diaper,its as full of shit as you


Stop the insults. Try to discuss topic.

JDubya
11-06-2016, 05:37 PM
Common knowledge dude,look it up for yourself.I have neither the time nor interest
Check the link I posted, resister