Chris Hedges with Mark Blyth on Contact : The Cost of Austerity

in economics •  7 years ago 


To start with watching shows on RT can be a problem. When Russia first disrupted Ukraine a few years ago, I listen to many sides Russia Today (RT), Ukraine Today and many western news outlets. RT does produce content that is propaganda. However it must be contrasted with the propaganda released in the USA or the sin of omission they commit by not fully giving the news. It still bothers me the Senator John McCain was active in Ukraine when the demonstrations were going on in the Maidan. I was in Ukraine at the time and unemployed male students in the city I was staying in (Cherkassy ... 3 hours from Kiev) were given food, money and vodka to join the protest.

Despite that criticism, there are regular shows (Max Keiser) which may give a bias message (buy Bitcoin) but are not propaganda. This interview of Mark Blyth deserves to be repeated as it touches upon how austerity does not help the people who are subject to it.

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