RT, also known as Russia Today, is an international multilingual Russian-based television network. It is registered as an autonomous non-profit organization funded by the federal budget of Russia through the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federa... Explore this topic

Margarita Simonyan is a Russian journalist of Armenian descent. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the English-language, autonomous non-profit, government-funded global multilingual television news network RT. Explore this topic

News broadcasting is the broadcasting of various news events and other information via television, radio or internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or television studio newsroom, or by a broadcast network.... Explore this topic

Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski is a Russian American correspondent and presenter. She was the host of The Alyona Show on the Russia Today international news network from October 2009 until the final edition of the program aired on July 30, 2012. She currently hosts news shows on ... Explore this topic

Peter J. Lavelle is senior journalist and host of CrossTalk, presented by the English-language channel RT, global multilingual television news network RT. Lavelle, from California is now based in Moscow. Prior to CrossTalk, Peter Lavelle hosted RT's programs “IMHO” and “In Con... Explore this topic

Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers. Sensationalism may include reporting about generally insignificant matters and events that don't influenc... Explore this topic

The 2011–13 Russian protests first began as a response to the 2011 Russian legislative election process, which many Russian and foreign journalists, political activists and members of the public considered to be flawed, and the protests continued despite the fact that the Cent... Explore this topic

Media bias is the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than ... Explore this topic

Independent media refers to any form of media, such as radio, television, newspapers or the Internet, that is free of influence by government or corporate interests. The term has varied applications. Within the United States and other developed countries, it is often used syno... Explore this topic

The "Occupy" protests are an ongoing series of international protests which began in mid-September 2011 and are primarily against social and economic inequality, corporate greed and influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government. The protests take their name from the... Explore this topic