While not perfect I will go for RT as a source of reliable information and discussion over any of the right-wing US and liberal media over the things that matter.
I will, however make an exception for items related to climate change.
“RT’s political news videos, featuring the content by which it seeks to shape Western opinion and thus justify its existence, accounted for a mere 1 percent of its total YouTube exposure, with fewer than 4 million views.”
I will, however make an exception for items related to climate change.
Exposing Daily Beast propaganda: 10 RT political virals the YouTube MSM can only dream of
The
Daily Beast has spectacularly failed to do math, but why should we be
surprised? In fact we’re here to help. Spewing unverified and
plainly incorrect data from years ago (while falsely presenting it as
relevant) it tries to claim that RT’s popularity ain’t all that.
Crunching their numbers & exposing Daily Beast w/ 10 virals they can only dream ofhttp://t.co/7Vgfk50YXgpic.twitter.com/422pqO5QDn
— IvorCrotty (@IvorCrotty) September 17, 2015
“Of
all the YouTube clips watched
over five years,
81 percent—344 million views went to videos of natural disasters,
accidents, crime, and natural phenomenon.”
Ok,
lets start here. This number proves the report (3-year-old report ...
Three-year-old report, Carl!) which the Daily Beast bases its story
on is full of faulty data – the numbers are not even
close to reality. It says RT received some 420 million views over
five years (2007-2012) when in fact we garnered twice that –
850 million.
©
/ RT
“RT’s political news videos, featuring the content by which it seeks to shape Western opinion and thus justify its existence, accounted for a mere 1 percent of its total YouTube exposure, with fewer than 4 million views.”
The
‘leak’ (ahem) inspired the Beast to conclude that RT’s
“highest-trafficked
videos on YouTube, for instance, apparently pertain to 'metrosexuals,
bums, etc.' rather than anything political.”
Let's
just pick our highest-ranking stuff – and to help the Beasties we
left out all of our news-related content that included dramatic
pictures – obviously, the most viral content on any video
platform (no, not "metrosexuals,
bums etc" but
protests, riots, raw war zone footage).
So
here are 10 from the top:
(1)
Putin: Who gave NATO right to kill Gaddafi? (2.5
million views)
A
strong opener. If we were at the Beast right now, we’d be reaching
for the calculator. If we were in NATO we’d be reaching for the
off-switch ... because the truth hurts. RT consistently pointed out
that regime change in Libya would destabilize the region. Did the
Beast?
(2)Immortal
Technique on Obama, 9/11 truth & Corporate America (1,930,667
views)
Immortal
Technique: The activist rapper was part of RT’s emmy-nominated
Occupy coverage – an expression of anger and powerlessness as the 1
percent transferred wealth to itself.
(3)
'Who the Hell You Think You Are?' Nigel Farage throws egg in Eurocrat
faces (1,569,650
views)
Perhaps
the most notorious speech EVAR to be given at the European
Parliament, and haven’t UKIP done a good job since? Leader Farage
had RT airplay long before his party saw a surge in the polls.
(4)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UN: 9/11 was an inside job (1,225,302
views)
Iranian
firebrand president and all-round strange person wowed the UN with
his full-on truther claim. Because interweb. Sixteen thousand
comments, guys. (How’s that Facebook page going?)
(5)NSA
Whistleblower: Everyone in US under virtual surveillance, all info
stored (1,178,938 views)
Long
before Snowden, NSA whistleblower William Binney warned America that
it had no privacy. The courageous Mr Binney has been instrumental in
leading the pushback against NSA omnipotence in the US.
(6)Putin
talks NSA, Syria, Iran, drones in RT exclusive (1,072,027 views)
That
man again. He’s pure box office bait. An exclusive Q&A without
notes (or a teleprompter) saw Putin on form, and in his element.
(7)Worst
economic collapse ever – Gerald Celente (929,520 views)
Trends
forecaster and MSM critic Gerald Celente is loved at RT for how he
says ‘broccoli’, but has a great take on several topics, many of
which omit metrosexuals and bums. In this interview he batters
austerity, QE and corporate America. Evergreen topics.
(8)
Barrett Brown on the Megaupload Op: Anonymous downs FBI, DoJ, music
sites in biggest attack ever (811,876 views)
RT
was the only network which covered the Megaupload takedown in real
time with non-stop news alerts. The renowned Barrett Brown, now
jailed for five years over his links to Anonymous, shared his views
in the aftermath of the news which went ignored by the MSM.
(9)The
19-yr-old Kurd fighters who can send ISIS militants to hell (946,273
views)
The
Kurdish female battalions have struck a global chord among anyone
horrified by ISIS and the war in Syria & Iraq. RT was one of the
first to bring the Kurdish female battalion story to the world while
producing dozens of viral war zone reports.
(10)The
Julian Assange Show ft Nasrallah, Zizek & Horowitz, Nabeel Rajab,
Rafael Correa, Imran Khan, Anwar Ibrahim, Noam Chomsky) (Over 2
million views on all episodes)
As
a bonus, 12 hours of raw political dialogue in a World
Tomorrow series
exclusive which collectively generated years of YouTube viewing time.
Assange, while under UK House arrest, spoke and smoked with thinkers
he regarded as the shapers of tomorrow.
So
let us total this up for you: 12,069,938 views from a handful of
political interviews (+2,000,000 for Assange). That's more views
than Your YouTube
channel has
generated, ever. So, dear Daily Beast, next time you crunch
someone else’s numbers get some help. Do your math. Verify. We’ll
be happy to help.
Sincerely
yours, RT (the most watched news network on YouTube with over 2.5
billion views)
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