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>>> INTERESTING MEDIA STORY IN
ALL THIS.
ONE ANCHOR ON STATE SPONSORED
RUSSIAN TV APPEARS TO BE MAD AS
HELL AND WON'T TAKE IT ANY MORE.
ABBEY MARTIN HAD A HOWARD BEAL
MOMENT BREAKING THE SET ON
RUSSIA TV SLAMMING RUSSIA FOR
ITS ACTIONS IN CRIMEA.
>> BEFORE I WRAP UP THE SHOW I
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING FROM MY
BHAERT THE ONGOING POLITICAL CRY
SINCE YUK AND RUSSIA'S
OCCUPATION.
BECAUSE I WORK HERE FOR RT
DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T HAVE
EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE I CAN'T
STRESS ENOUGH HOW STRONG I AM
AGAINST ANY STATE INTERVENTION
IN A SOVEREIGN NATION.
WHAT RUSSIA DID IS WRONG.
I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS I SHOULD
ABOUT YUK'S HISTORY BUT WHAT I
DO KNOW IS THAT MILITARY
INTERVENTION IS NEVER THE ANSWER
AND I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND
APOLOGIZE OR DEFEND MILITARY
AGGRESSION.
FURTHERMORE THE COVERAGE I'VE
SEEN OF UKRAINE HAS BEEN
DISAPPOINTING FROM ALL SIDES OF
THE
ABOVE ALL, MY HEART GOES OUT TO
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW
WEDGED AS PAWNS IN THE MIDDLE OF
A GLOBAL-POWERED CHESS GAME.
THEY ARE THE REAL LOSERS HERE.
ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE FOR A
PEACEFUL OUTCOME FOR A TERRIBLE
SITUATION AND PREVENT ANOTHER
FULL-BLOWN COLD WAR BETWEEN
MULTIPLE SUPER POWERS.
UNTIL THEN, I WILL KEEP TELLING
TRUTH AS I SEE IT.
>> ANNA KORAN IS IN SIMFEROPOL.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS OF HER
COMMENTS?
>> Reporter: AS YOU SAY, ABBEY
MARTIN WORKS FOR RUSSIA AND THIS
IS WHY HER COMMENTS WERE
SHOCKING AND REALLY CAUSED SO
MANY PEOPLE OFF GUARD.
SHE BASICALLY SLAMMED THE
MILITARY OCCUPATION, AS YOU
HEARD.
SHE SAID SHE REFUSED TO DEFEND
RUSSIA'S MILITARY AGGRESSION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT STHEY WILL NT
REPRIMAND MARTIN.
THEY DID OFFER HER A REPORTING
JOB HERE AT CRIMEA.
SHE HAS REFUSED THAT.
AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT SHE
TWEETED.
SO WHERE DOES IT LEAVE HER?
SHE HAS STILL HAS A JOB.
SHE IS ALLOWED TO VOICE HER
CONCERNS.
SHE IS A 9/11 TRUTHER.
SHE BELIEVES AMERICA WAS
COMPLICIT IN THE ATTACKS.
SHE HAS GAINED A GREAT DEAL OF
SUPPORT, CERTAINLY FROM
JOURNALISTS, GLEN GREENWALD.
HE IS THE JOURNALIST THAT BROKE
THE STORY ON EDWARD SNOWDEN AND
THE NSA SPYING CLAIMS.
I WANT TO READ A QUOTE THAT HE
PUT UP, WHICH IS, ABBEY MARTIN,
REMARKABLY DEMONSTRATED WHAT
JOURNALIST INDEPENDENCE MEANS BY
ENDING HER PROGRAM WITH A CLEVER
AND UNAPOLOGETIC DENUNCIATION OF
THE RUSSIAN ACTION IN UKRAINE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PEOPLE
HERE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT AGREE
WITH WHAT ABBEY MARTIN SAID.
I'M OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT
BUILDING.
THE RUSSIAN FLAG IS FLYING NEXT