Irish journalist Bryan MacDonald has been named in a new package of UK sanctions over his role with Russian media.
As Head of the Russian and Former Soviet Union Desk for Russia Today (RT), he is accused of being “a member of, or associated with, a person involved in destabilising Ukraine or obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia” by the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Mr MacDonald has been made a designated person by the UK government.
UK citizens must now freeze any accounts, funds, or other economic resources, and refrain from dealing with Mr MacDonald. Failure to comply or attempting to circumvent the sanctions is deemed a criminal offence
Mr MacDonald said in a statement to the Irish Independent last night: “I just think it’s really sad. And it reflects badly on the British government, which claims to have respect for press freedom.”
He added: “What makes this ruling even more ridiculous is that I ran the (online) desk to the highest professional standards. We did not engage in any disinformation.
“Our output was balanced and rigorously fact checked. Under no metric could it have been considered ‘propaganda’. In fact, this seemed to upset some people as they wanted RT to fit a particular narrative.
He doesn’t accept yet to this moment he was a propegandist
Here’s the article he wrote that got him hired by RT. Beautifully he out some context in there, including the quote from one of the papers that rejected “as if Putin wrote it himself”. Obviously this article is incredibly incorrect as we see massive resistance in Eastern Ukraine to Russian advances. This article paints a picture like Eastern Ukraine would embrace Russia. He painted Ukraine as a nation divided.
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Irish journalist Bryan MacDonald has been named in a new package of UK sanctions over his role with Russian media.
As Head of the Russian and Former Soviet Union Desk for Russia Today (RT), he is accused of being “a member of, or associated with, a person involved in destabilising Ukraine or obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia” by the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Mr MacDonald has been made a designated person by the UK government.
UK citizens must now freeze any accounts, funds, or other economic resources, and refrain from dealing with Mr MacDonald. Failure to comply or attempting to circumvent the sanctions is deemed a criminal offence
Mr MacDonald said in a statement to the Irish Independent last night: “I just think it’s really sad. And it reflects badly on the British government, which claims to have respect for press freedom.”
He added: “What makes this ruling even more ridiculous is that I ran the (online) desk to the highest professional standards. We did not engage in any disinformation.
“Our output was balanced and rigorously fact checked. Under no metric could it have been considered ‘propaganda’. In fact, this seemed to upset some people as they wanted RT to fit a particular narrative.
He doesn’t accept yet to this moment he was a propegandist
Here’s the article he wrote that got him hired by RT. Beautifully he out some context in there, including the quote from one of the papers that rejected “as if Putin wrote it himself”. Obviously this article is incredibly incorrect as we see massive resistance in Eastern Ukraine to Russian advances. This article paints a picture like Eastern Ukraine would embrace Russia. He painted Ukraine as a nation divided.
https://bryanmacdonald.wordpress.com/
That reminds me, Viper Higgins (of Hardy Bucks fame) did a series of videos for Russia Today for a while.
A lot, wait all, of the ‘Irish contributors’ to RT are absolute melts.