it is about as equally based and cringe as western media. ria novosti and tass, for example, are no different in that respect than reuters and the ap: these russian and western agencies generally abide by high standards of quality journalism, which they are not above of bending or ignoring for the sake of political agendas. a lot of russian television news is pure junk, but so is american. as long as one isn't a retard and knows how to parse news, russian media can be very informative.
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