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Jilly_in_VA

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Tue Mar 15, 2022, 09:22 AM Mar 2022

Hendersonville political pundit denies working for Russian state-run media

Scottie Nell Hughes is well-aware of the tweets.

“You are quite literally working for Putin. Your actions will not be forgotten,” one man tweeted at her.

“I wonder if North Korea will hire Scottie Nell Hughes now,” tweeted another.

The vitriol toward the Hendersonville resident has increased so much that she’s now placed her Twitter account on safety mode, a temporary block to keep away what she describes as hatred towards her and all the employees of the now-shuttered RT America.

The network, funded by the Russian government, abruptly shut down this month after carriers from Roku to DirecTV dropped it from their platforms following the invasion of Ukraine.

“I do know that there was so much hate that was being targeted – not only to myself but my colleagues – obviously people that were from other countries, including Russia,” Hughes said.

In its coverage of RT America’s closure, CNN described the network as “one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main mouthpieces in the US.”

Dr. Robert W. Orttung, research professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, said RT, the main network of Russia’s state-run media, routinely promotes Russia propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/03/14/hendersonville-political-pundit-denies-working-russian-state-run-media/
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Sorry, ya wee snowflake, but you ARE working for the Russian propaganda machine!

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Hendersonville political pundit denies working for Russian state-run media (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP
Here in Tennessee, we all knew there was something weird about Hendersonville. 70sEraVet Mar 2022 #1
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