BBC and CNN behind RT’s success – editor-in-chief

Viewers turned to the Russian broadcaster after growing tired of “years of lies” by Western media, Margarita Simonyan has said

Years of “lies” by Western broadcasters such as CNN and the BBC drove audiences to RT in search of an alternative source of information, Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has said.

Speaking in an interview with the Chinese online news and analysis portal Guancha aired on Tuesday, Simonyan was asked how RT had grown into one of the world’s leading and most influential media outlets.

Western media, including the BBC and CNN, “lied to everyone for so many years that when someone appeared who told the truth and offered…

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