{"id":2300,"date":"2022-12-17T07:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomaspalley.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2023-01-10T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:00:43","slug":"world-cup-rt-crosstalk-and-us-domestic-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomaspalley.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"World Cup, RT CrossTalk, and US domestic censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most of the time I write dense blogs &amp; research papers. I sent the e-mail below to someone close to me. Afterward, I realized it tacitly says a lot about the state of our society (liberals included). Sometimes, mixing things and writing about them in a different way can be revealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sent:<\/strong> Saturday, December 17, 2022 7:58 AM<br \/><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Birthday, World Cup, Xmas, &amp; RT CrossTalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi J,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for the Xmas greeting. Same to you, A, A, &amp; V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We just got back from BA on Monday. Had a lovely 10-day trip celebrating M\u2019s 64<sup>th<\/sup> (Beatles) birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that note, happy b-day to you tomorrow&#8230;. a milestone&#8230; 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, we are also rooting for Argentina&#8230;. but to be honest I have found this World Cup has left a bad taste in my mouth. FIFA is squalid &amp; corrupt, Qatar is a disgusting repressive regime, and many (maybe hundreds) of people have died building the stadiums for our entertainment. I don\u2019t want to be a killjoy, but those thoughts are with me when I watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a link where you can watch recent RT CrossTalk episodes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-geopolitiek-in-context wp-block-embed-geopolitiek-in-context\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1pWteaiNL5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geopolitiekincontext.wordpress.com\/crosstalk\/\">AAA &#8211; CrossTalk, with RT&#8217;s Peter&nbsp;Lavelle<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;AAA &#8211; CrossTalk, with RT&#8217;s Peter&nbsp;Lavelle&#8221; &#8212; Geopolitiek in context\" src=\"https:\/\/geopolitiekincontext.wordpress.com\/crosstalk\/embed\/#?secret=5A6XBoVf3X#?secret=1pWteaiNL5\" data-secret=\"1pWteaiNL5\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my view, CrossTalk is a pretty good show, subject to the standard caveat that every political show has an angle and selectively picks it guests. In relative terms, it\u2019s no more biased than CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The banning of RT by the USG &amp; others is blatant censorship. I am amazed at the silence about that by all our so-called \u201cdefenders of democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big hug to all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the time I write dense blogs &amp; research papers. I sent the e-mail below to someone close to me. Afterward, I realized it tacitly says a lot about the state of our society (liberals included). 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