[LINK] Telegraph warns Kremlin propaganda arm RT America warns over dire health impacts of 5G networks

[Kim Holburn]

Is this fake news, counter-fake news or counter-counter fake news.  It's hard to tell any more.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/13/kremlin-propaganda-arm-rt-america-warns-dire-health-impacts/

> Russia’s propaganda arm in America, the television network RT America, is increasingly warning about the health impacts of 5G networks in what has been dubbed “information warfare” by experts. 
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> The channel has broadcast a string of reports in 2019 that have discussed suggestions that the technology could endanger the lives of Americans and raised fears of a '5G apocalypse'. 
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> The New York Times found that the network had run seven programs assailing the health impacts of the technology already this year, compared to just a single such report in 2018. 
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> The reporting comes despite Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, recently announcing that his country would push ahead with adopting 5G networks. 
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> Experts suggested that the broadcasts are an attempt to undermine US enthusiasm for the wireless technology, which could well give nations who adopt it first a competitive edge over international rivals. 
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> In one segment aired in January, a reporter was asked by the host if there was a catch with the tech benefits 5G was expected to bring. “Just a small one – it might kill you,” she replied. 
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> She added that the technology could be harmful to health, amounted to an "experiment on humanity” and could constitute a "crime under international law”. 
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> Much of the reporting centres on radio waves and their impact on people’s health, corroding to the New York Times, which wrote an expose on the issue.
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> RT America, which was formerly known as Russia Today, was forced by the Justice Department to register as a foreign agent in 2017. 
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> A report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that year said that the network was "the Kremlin’s principal international propaganda outlet”. 
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> Ryan Fox, chief operating officer of New Knowledge, told The New York Times that RT America's 5G reporting amounted to “information warfare”.
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> He said: “Russia doesn’t have a good 5G play, so it tries to undermine and discredit ours.”
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> Anna Belkina, RT’s head of communications in Moscow, defended the network’s coverage of 5G, telling the paper: “Unlike many other media, we show the breadth of debate.” 
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> She also said: “Our American audience expects us to bring American concerns to the front, first and foremost.” 


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