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DISINFO: RT leads among TV news channels on YouTube with 5 billion views
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: RT English ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: September 06, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): English
  • Countries / regions discussed: Russia
Tags:
Euronews Russia Today (RT) Al Jazeera CNN BBC

DISINFO: RT leads among TV news channels on YouTube with 5 billion views

SUMMARY

RT has reached 5 billion views on YouTube, maintaining its undisputed leadership among international news networks, far surpassing the total number of views for BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and Euronews.

RESPONSE

According to the Socialblade.com, as of August 31, 2017, Russia Today (RT) had 2,091,661,439 video views on YouTube. It ranks number 388 on video views. BBC has 4,088,457,605 views that gives it 140th place on video view rank. socialblade.com/youtube/user/russiatoday, All the different Russia Today's channels on YouTube have altogether 4,65 billion views, whereas BBC 7,3 billion views. Further debunking: theins.ru/antifake/69974,

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