US Broadcasting Board of Governors anser att RT.com är samma utmaning som IS och Boko Haram

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publicerad 24 januari 2015
- Torbjörn Sassersson

RT.com not Boko Haram

Högsta chefen – Andrew Lack – på ”US Broadcasting Board of Governors” anser att RT.com är samma utmaning som IS och Boko Haram för USA. Uttalandet når allmänheten via en intervju av New York Times.

Sammanställning: NewsVoice

Andrew LackWe are facing a number of challenges from entities like Russia Today which is out there pushing a point of view, the Islamic State in the Middle East and groups like Boko Haram, ” he said.

“But I firmly believe that this agency has a role to play in facing those challenges.”

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