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==History==
==History==
Russia Today was launched in December 2005 to question the [[MSM|Mainstream Media]]. It currently broadcasts in 19 countries. RT supported Liberal [[Occupy Wall Street]]-movement<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/324697-rt10-occupy-wall-street/</ref> and published articles on [[George Zimmerman]] from a very biased point of view.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/331498-trayvon-martin-birthday-anniversary/</ref> It is available in English, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and German.
Russia Today was launched in December 2005 claiming to question the [[MSM|Mainstream Media]]. It currently broadcasts in 19 countries, but the Russian version is not liberal like RT America. They are partly funded by Moscow but not state run. It even published an article titled, "Monsters like Hitler & Ted Bundy are terrible, but it was people like them who protected the human race millions of years ago",<ref>https://www.rt.com/op-ed/526937-hitler-stalin-human-race/</ref> which may be in violation of Russian law against Nazi rehabilitation.<ref>https://tass.com/russia/730706</ref> RT supported Liberal [[Occupy Wall Street]]-movement<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/324697-rt10-occupy-wall-street/</ref> and published articles on [[George Zimmerman]] from a very biased point of view.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/331498-trayvon-martin-birthday-anniversary/</ref> It is available in English, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and German.
The Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University stated that Russia Today among other media outlets continued “to be the main platforms for noxious anti-Semitic and anti-[[Israel]] propaganda.”<ref>[http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/05/01/komsomolskaya-pravda-russia-today-leading-outlets-for-anti-semitic-and-anti-israel-propaganda-israeli-researchers-say-euromaidan-press/ Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia Today – leading outlets for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda, Israeli researchers say]. ''EuromaidanPress''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref> RT was criticized for spreading [[fake news]] against [[Israel]] which go even further than Arab TV.<ref>Nanayakkara, Lakkana (November 22, 2012). [https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/11/22/russia-today-continues-its-anti-israel-propaganda-going-even-further-than-arab-tv/ Russia Today Continues its Anti-Israel Propaganda, Going Even Further Than Arab TV]. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>
The Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University stated that Russia Today among other media outlets continued “to be the main platforms for noxious anti-Semitic and anti-[[Israel]] propaganda.”<ref>[http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/05/01/komsomolskaya-pravda-russia-today-leading-outlets-for-anti-semitic-and-anti-israel-propaganda-israeli-researchers-say-euromaidan-press/ Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia Today – leading outlets for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda, Israeli researchers say]. ''EuromaidanPress''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref> RT was criticized for spreading [[fake news]] against [[Israel]] which go even further than Arab TV.<ref>Nanayakkara, Lakkana (November 22, 2012). [https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/11/22/russia-today-continues-its-anti-israel-propaganda-going-even-further-than-arab-tv/ Russia Today Continues its Anti-Israel Propaganda, Going Even Further Than Arab TV]. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>