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| − | '''''Sputnik News''''' (formerly [[Voice of Russia]] and [[RIA Novosti]]) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the [[Russia]]n government-owned news agency [[Rossiya Segodnya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/putin-dissolves-rianovostinewsagency.html |title=Putin dissolves RIA Novosti news agency |last1=Pizzi |first1=Michael |date=December 9, 2013 |publisher=Al Jazeera America }}</ref> Headquartered in [[Moscow]], ''Sputnik News'' has regional editorial offices in [[Washington]], [[Cairo]], [[Beijing]], [[Singapore]], [[London]] and [[Edinburgh]], focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html|title=Sputnik International|first=|last=Sputnik|work=sputniknews.com | + | '''''Sputnik News''''' (formerly [[Voice of Russia]] and [[RIA Novosti]]) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the [[Russia]]n government-owned news agency [[Rossiya Segodnya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/putin-dissolves-rianovostinewsagency.html |title=Putin dissolves RIA Novosti news agency |last1=Pizzi |first1=Michael |date=December 9, 2013 |publisher=Al Jazeera America }}</ref> Headquartered in [[Moscow]], ''Sputnik News'' has regional editorial offices in [[Washington]], [[Cairo]], [[Beijing]], [[Singapore]], [[London]] and [[Edinburgh]], focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html|title=Sputnik International|first=|last=Sputnik|work=sputniknews.com}}</ref> |
''Sputnik News'' currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37036900|title=Russian news agency Sputnik sets up Scottish studio|date=August 10, 2016|publisher=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://russia-insider.com/en/society/2014/12/02/03-16-39am/ni_hao_sputnik_news_service_now_available_chinese_sputnik|title=Sputnik Launches 24/7 News Coverage in Chinese|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/russia-launches-new-media-brand-called-sputnik/2515216.html|title=Russia's New World Broadcast Service is 'Sputnik'|last=Hilburn|first=Matthew|publisher=Voice of America News|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> | ''Sputnik News'' currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37036900|title=Russian news agency Sputnik sets up Scottish studio|date=August 10, 2016|publisher=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://russia-insider.com/en/society/2014/12/02/03-16-39am/ni_hao_sputnik_news_service_now_available_chinese_sputnik|title=Sputnik Launches 24/7 News Coverage in Chinese|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/russia-launches-new-media-brand-called-sputnik/2515216.html|title=Russia's New World Broadcast Service is 'Sputnik'|last=Hilburn|first=Matthew|publisher=Voice of America News|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> | ||
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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
[[Ben Nimmo]] (of the [[Institute of Statecraft]]) wrote as a “defence analyst” in ''[[The Times]]'' that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/447334-ben-nimmo-integrity-initiative-msm/</ref> | [[Ben Nimmo]] (of the [[Institute of Statecraft]]) wrote as a “defence analyst” in ''[[The Times]]'' that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/447334-ben-nimmo-integrity-initiative-msm/</ref> | ||
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| + | The ''[[New York Times]]'' wrote that ''Sputnik News'' engages in bias and disinformation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|title=A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=August 28, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref> and has been described as a Russian propaganda outlet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elias |first1=Groll |title=Kremlin's ‘Sputnik’ Newswire Is the BuzzFeed of Propaganda|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/10/kremlins-sputnik-newswire-is-the-buzzfeed-of-propaganda/|work=Foreign Policy|date=November 10, 2014|accessdate=January 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cepa.org/sputnik-propaganda-in-orbit|title=Sputnik. Propaganda in a New Orbit|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)|access-date=January 29, 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816060435/http://cepa.org/sputnik-propaganda-in-orbit|archivedate=August 16, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6604516|title=Report: Russia spread fake news and disinformation in Sweden - Radio Sweden|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|language=en|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:26, 1 February 2019
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| Type | News and Media |
| Slogan | Telling the Untold |
| Member of | Poynter Institute/List, PropOrNot/List |
| A Russian news outlet that has been criticised as disinformation by Western commentators such as the Institute of Statecraft and the New York Times. | |
Sputnik News (formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.[1] Headquartered in Moscow, Sputnik News has regional editorial offices in Washington, Cairo, Beijing, Singapore, London and Edinburgh, focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.[2]
Sputnik News currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.[3][4][5]
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Criticism
Ben Nimmo (of the Institute of Statecraft) wrote as a “defence analyst” in The Times that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”[6]
The New York Times wrote that Sputnik News engages in bias and disinformation,[7] and has been described as a Russian propaganda outlet.[8][9][10]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Elmaazi | Multimedia Journalist | November 2019 | March 2021 |
| Johanna Ross | Executive Producer | 2015 | August 2019 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Russian propaganda and the US election SHORT | analysis | 26 December 2018 | Integrity Initiative |
Documents sourced from Sputnik News
| Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Sputnik Gatecrashes Launch of Mark Urban's Book 'The Skripal Files' | Article | Christopher Steele Pablo Miller Skripal Affair Luke Harding Mark Urban | 5 October 2018 | Kit Klarenberg Johanna Ross | Sputnik Gatecrashes Launch of Mark Urban's Book 'The Skripal Files' |
| Document:The Red Poppy is Not About Remembrance | article | Remembrance Sunday | 2 November 2018 | Tommy Sheridan | A polemic on the militarisation of remembrance of the horrors of war represented by UK Establishment promotion of the red poppy and its associated ceremonies on 11 November each year |
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References
- ↑ Pizzi, Michael (December 9, 2013). "Putin dissolves RIA Novosti news agency". Al Jazeera America.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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