Because what RT "dares" to talk about may or may not have any relation to the truth, and in light of their obvious and profound bias against anything in the USA, any article from RT should be given more than the usual scrutiny.
It's worth asking why no other media organization has run with this story.
> and in light of their obvious and profound bias against anything in the USA
So that's a good thing then right? If they are critical they are more likely to present topics without sugar coating them? They don't have to fear American advertisers pulling adds off the air, they don't have to fear not being invited to the White House news room and having access to govt related press releases.
Now when it comes to Russia related news, that's when I found they are painting a picture completely divorced from reality.
And in general that is also true with other news media. Like Al Jazeera. They are pretty good and factual except for stuff happening in Qatar. Which is unfortunate but also expected.
> It's worth asking why no other media organization has run with this story.
I think if you read Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" book you'll get an answer to that question.
The answer to the last question is self obvious. Most other media is more controlled by the US power, than RT (which doesn't make RT more objective by default, since it can be of course more controlled by other interesants, but still it makes it easier for them to review these kind of topics).
How much other media covers EFF efforts in general for example? You are right - practically nobody does it.
Hardly. The warrantless wiretapping thing was all over the news when the story broke. So was SOPA (which serves to completely destroy this canard on its own; as the media companies had a direct interest in supporting that law yet still reported on the controversy.)
This, plainly, isn't newsworthy outside of tech circles yet.
The news cycle moves far too quickly to continually revisit the same topic over and over again (with a few obvious exceptions...), moreso when it's a topic that will not be understood, let alone appreciated by the average consumer.
A conference where people talk about deploying packet shaping gear is not newsworthy outside of a very niche circle. Yet.
> Just because someone talks about something doesn't make it the truth.
Well I don't think they made this guy up. I don't they exactly spliced the dialog to change the meaning of what he is saying. I think this guy is real. So that +1 for RT reporting on the story (the truth).
