Hillary Clinton Watches RT as US Loses Information War

Hillary Clinton watches the Russian channel and finds it “instructive”, the U.S. Secretary of State said during budget hearings in the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton said the United States was engaged in an information war and losing it because of TV channels like Russia Today, China’s CCTV and Al Jazeera. She also said she had watched RT and found it “quite instructive.”

“We are in an information war and we are losing that war,” she said, citing RT. “The Russians have opened up an English-language network. I’ve seen it in a few countries and it’s quite instructive.”

“Our private media cannot fill that gap,” Clinton said, warning the Senate against cuts in the DoS budget and urging America to get back in the “game.” “During the Cold War we did a great job in getting America’s message out. After the Berlin Wall fell, we said, ‘Okay, fine, enough of that, you know, we’ve done it, we’re done.’ And, unfortunately, we are paying a big price for that,” she said. Secretary Clinton also told the Committee about DoS efforts to spread U.S. propaganda through new media, such as Twitter. But, she admitted, “most people still get their news from TV and radio.” “I would look very much toward your cooperation to try to figure out how we get back in the game on this, because I hate ceding what we are most expert in to anybody else,” she said in conclusion.