The Mail Online is reporting this morning that RT (Russia Today) will be banished from UK television screens as soon as today. The Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said last night that RT will be “severely restricted” in Britain. According to The Mail Online:
In a tweet, Ms Dorries said: ‘Shortly, the French satellite which broadcasts Russia Today (RT) in both the EU and UK will be switched off.
‘This means RT will no longer be available via Sky.
‘Putin’s polluting propaganda machine will now have severely restricted access into British homes via our TV screens.’
The technology giant had previously limited the ability for RT and other Russian channels to make money from advertisements that appear on videos but has extended its sanctions.
‘Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,’ a statement from Google Europe said.
The silence coming from the UK’s print and broadcast media is deafening. You’d think the sight of politicians conspiring to ban a news organisation would spark outrage wouldn’t you?
Not a bit of it. I’d have thought that Talk Radio might have had something to say. The national radio station, to it’s credit, interviewed anti-lockdown doctors and scientists throughout the scamdemic. It’s the only channel that has allowed any debate around the safety and efficacy of the Covid jabs.
Talk Radio should be very worried at the demise of RT. What’s to stop the government petitioning Ofcom (the broadcast regulator) to ban the channel in the interest of public health? Nothing.
It’s open tyranny now.
