According to press reports today, the FBI is looking into Russian news services and asking if they should register as agents of a foreign power. This takes away any pretext of the news services being independent news organizations, in case anyone might think they were. At least part of the story involves Andrew Feinberg, who was fired by Sputnik and took emails with him that showed how influence from someone was driving what kinds of questions he was expected to ask at the White House. They wanted to keep certain stories alive, and make sure the Russian narratives were being sustained.
Of course, we have to wonder if the Chinese news services are next, or is this just a Russian thing left over from the National election where the Russians have been blamed for anything and everything.
The Chinese issue guidance every day to their news organizations on what to report, how to word certain articles, and what is prohibited coverage. That sounds like the same thing the Russians are being cited for. I did notice that the news services who were ready to do interviews after my testimony on the Hill were almost all Chinese.
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