Carter Page Defends Russian Media: Sputnik Less Propagandistic than Radio Free Europe

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MATTHEWS: "You don’t believe R.T. Is a propaganda arm of the Russian government?"
PAGE: "All I know is that the information they were putting out was —"
MATTHEWS: "You’re a Russian expert. What do you mean you don’t know whether they’re a propaganda arm?"
PAGE: "It’s infinitely more accurate —"
MATTHEWS: "Is it propaganda?"
PAGE: "It’s equally propaganda — less prop began is tick than radio Europe, radio for liberty which in September and November was repeating the dossier."
MATTHEWS: "I’m getting the opinion that Vladimir Putin believes and maybe you do too that the bad relations between the united States and Moscow right now are caused by American media."
PAGE: "No. That’s —"
MATTHEWS: "He seemed to be saying that."
PAGE: "No. I think that’s one symptom of a larger illness which goes back many, many decades."