RT America shuts down, solving all of the country's problems
Failed State Weekly for March 2, 2022
RT, which once stood for Russia Today, is one of the Kremlin’s various news outlets. It’s detractors claim (and who am I to argue?) that it’s one of Putin’s many mouthpieces. I’ve never understood why this is any worse than the American corporate media, but apparently that’s a crazy question!
Or is it?
On Failed State Update today we pondered the closing of the station — never a ratings powerhouse — in a fun little story called: “RT America Shut Down, Cable News is Still a Dumpster Fire.”
But that ain’t all. In the last week, we heard from former militia member Bradford Metcalf about machine guns, Covid, and prison life, and grooved to the alt. right stylings of the pro-cop white rapper Baked Alaska. Professor Erica A.H. Smithwick from Penn State University gave us some sobering glimpses into the future of our climate crisis, and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh returned from the grave for a few hundred words or so.
Have a great weekend. —Lenny