Should "Russia Today" change its name? (read thread before voting)

[internetcynic]

Radio Moscow eh? I've probably still got a QSL card from the '70s. What was it, "This is Moscow calling".

The one that used to amuse me was 'This is the Voice of America broadcasting to the people of Russia. There now follows a discussion on the American way of life"

followed by 3 hours of jamming.

[alycidond9009]

The one that used to amuse me was 'This is the Voice of America broadcasting to the people of Russia. There now follows a discussion on the American way of life"

followed by 3 hours of jamming.

Would that be raspberry strawberry gooseberry or plum ?

[BratfudSteve]

If like me you prefer a news channel that focuses predominantly on World news, then I would highly recommend Al Jazeera.

[Roland]

Should Russia Today change its name to attract an even wider audience? I am a huge fan of RT, but I must have skipped past the channel dozens of times before watching a bit of it when I got Freeview a couple of years ago. I ignored it, because "Russia Today" does not immediately give the impression that it's a news channel, and importantly, I thought why do I want to watch a Russian channel or programme about Russia?
Something must have caught my attention eventually, and I realised that RT is much more than its name implies. If RT renamed itself as "[something] News", would its audience grow quicker than if it remained as Russia Today?

I'm glad to see another person has started watching Russia Today.

It's not scared to ask the questions that a growing minority are asking on the internet.

I don't think RT are always correct that is not the point the point is it is a news channel that questions the legitimacy of the stories we are hearing in the corporate controlled MSM or the government controlled BBC. I would like to more people start to watch it to expose them selves to the other side of the story and if it starts to take viewers away from the MSM then it will force them to buck up their reporting.

As for the name I did exactly the same ignored the channel for years because of it, however I do quite like the irony that we have to look to a Russian news net work for the questions to be asked that much of the public are asking that the MSM chooses to dismiss.

[InnocentNewborn]

It is amazing that anyone would bust a blood-vessel complaining Russia Today is propaganda - as if it compares unfavourably with any other news outlet. And I see that Ron does want to jump up and down about the Russian bias. You can hear another side to stories on RT and often it is what we already want to hear and are glad somebody is actually saying these things.

[IceDragon]

The Keiser report doesn't seem to be critical of the Russian economic system which is probably as morally corrupt as any other.