RT: Putin's mouthpiece or a home for alternative voices?

Latest Russia Today journalist quits and accuses channel of 'disrespecting the facts'

Claims of a pro-Kremlin bias are tarnishing Russia Today
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British journalist Sarah Firth, who publicly resigned from Russia Today in protest against the broadcaster's coverage of the downed MH17 plane, has placed the station under renewed scrutiny over its approach.

Firth said she quit because of Russia Today's "total disrespect of the facts". In a sarcastic tweet she claimed that RT's style guide says: "It is ALWAYS *Ukraine's fault (*add name as applicable)."

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