Posted: Nov 11, 2017 9:54 pm
ronmcd wrote:Tracer Tong wrote:I thought Massie's piece in the Spectator was somewhat exaggerated, but going from FM of Scotland to doing a chat show for Pravda Today is a bit much.
Doing a chat show for his own media company, touted to various media but RT presumably the only one to offer to show it. He claims complete editorial control, rather than being employed by RT.
I'm sure that claim is true: he probably will retain control, though it will be an unacknowledged rule that he isn't to invite guests especially critical of Russia. But, as Massie pointed out, this is about PT looking to bulk up its legitimacy among Western audiences. I think Salmond is clever enough to realise this, but perhaps he thinks he'll have the last laugh.
ronmcd wrote:
More amusing is the Scottish print media losing their minds over this, claiming he's disgracing his party, the country, etc. But when all the other current MPs and MSPs are on RT, as they are routinely ... it's okay apparently.
Well, that's politics for yah.