| | After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], RT's structure and financing as a state-sponsored broadcasting agency was modeled on the [[BBC]] and [[PBS]]. It's editorial viewpoint is [[multipolar]]. | | After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], RT's structure and financing as a state-sponsored broadcasting agency was modeled on the [[BBC]] and [[PBS]]. It's editorial viewpoint is [[multipolar]]. |
| − | On January 4, 2017 the [[DNI|U.S. Office of National Intelligence]] issued a report written by [[Trump-Russia hoax]]ers [[John Brennan]] of the [[CIA]], and [[Peter Strzok]] of the [[FBI]], entitled ''Joint Analysis Report: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections''.<ref>The declassified version is "[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution]"</ref> The assessment contained a bunch of outdated, de-classified criticism of RT along with two pages of the [[Democratic National Committee]] (DNC) and [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign's]] bogus ''[[Steele dossier]]''. The publication and distribution, attempting to link President-elect [[Donald Trump]] to Russia, was the start of the [[U.S. intelligence community]]'s efforts to [[cover-up]] the [[Obama administration]]'s [[criminal]] activity in the 2016 election - illegal spying on the [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump campaign]] and election interference in the [[2016 United States Presidential election]]. The Obama [[DNI|ODNI]] attempted to blame RT for the CIA, FBI, DNC, and Clinton's campaign's lawbreaking. | + | On January 4, 2017 the [[DNI|U.S. Office of National Intelligence]] issued a report written by [[Trump-Russia hoax]]ers [[John Brennan]] of the [[CIA]], and [[Peter Strzok]] of the [[FBI]], entitled ''Joint Analysis Report: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections'',<ref>The declassified version is "[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution]"</ref> or ''JAR'' for short. The ''JAR'' assessment contained a bunch of outdated, de-classified criticism of RT, along with two pages of the [[Democratic National Committee]] (DNC) and [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign's]] bogus ''[[Steele dossier]]''. The publication and distribution, attempting to link President-elect [[Donald Trump]] to Russia, was the start of the [[U.S. intelligence community]]'s efforts to [[cover-up]] the [[Obama administration]]'s [[criminal]] activity in the 2016 election - illegal spying on the [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump campaign]] and election interference in the [[2016 United States Presidential election]]. The Obama [[DNI|ODNI]] attempted to blame RT for the CIA, FBI, DNC, and Clinton's campaign's lawbreaking. |