{"id":3902,"date":"2017-11-18T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T13:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:52","slug":"rt-max-blumenthal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/tip\/rt-max-blumenthal\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL PICK: Trump&#8217;s Crackdown on RT Met by Media, NGO Silence | Max Blumenthal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\"><strong>EDITORIAL PICK: Trump&#8217;s Crackdown on RT Met by Media, NGO Silence | Max Blumenthal<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRNN <\/a>video award-winning journalist and bestselling author, Max Blumenthal, talks about the wider implications of the decision made by the U.S. Justice Department to force Russia Today (RT) to register as a\u00a0foreign agent. In addition Blumenthal\u00a0analyses\u00a0the forces and reasons\u00a0behind this\u00a0decision as well why progressive media outlets are failing to cover this issue.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Trump&#8217;s Crackdown on RT Met by Media, NGO Silence<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Crackdown on RT Met by Media, NGO Silence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CU9bnWfPzQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To read the full transcript of this speech,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=20486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT MAX BLUMENTHAL<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Max_Blumenthal_on_RT_America.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Max_Blumenthal_on_RT_America-150x150.png\" alt=\"Max Blumenthal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Max Blumenthal<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Independent Film Channel, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent book is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel. 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