RT’s
Abby Martin Goes Off on ‘Corporate Media’ Propaganda During Piers
Morgan Interview
5
March, 2014
While
two RT anchors spoke
out against network editorial policy
this week, one of them stayed at their jobs, and Abby
Martin
joined Piers
Morgan
Wednesday night after delivering
an off-script commentary
about Ukraine, and ended up going on several tangents about the
“corporate media” complex and the self-censorship that exists at
American networks “beholden to advertisers.”
Martin
told Morgan, “I knew going into that that I could put my job on the
line, considering how the corporate media has fired multiple anchors
for simply speaking out against the Iraq War.”
She
insisted that her bosses give her “complete editorial freedom,”
and when Morgan asked about other parts of the programming, she shot
back that it’s “no different than any other corporate media
station,” going off on how there are just a few corporations
controlling the vast majority of media Americans consume.
Martin
was bothered by seeing “the corporate media coverage almost wanting
to revive the Cold War” and continuing to “warmonger and
fearmonger the American people.” She asked Morgan, “Why do I have
to work for RT to tell the truth about corporations and the US
government? I mean, seriously, you guys are beholden to advertisers
that you cannot criticize.”
Morgan
shot back, “I’m free to say what the hell I like!” Martin
laughed, but insisted self-censorship is still a big problem in the
media.
Watch
the video below, via CNN:
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