re: #2 Kragar
I imagine most of RT staffers are eager hacks who got laughed out of getting real journalism jobs and are just so happy to be “in the business”, they willingly parrot what ever they’re told. Whenever one of them notices they’re nothing but a dupe, its nice, but you have to think “Well, duh. What took you so long?”
The 6-figure salary that they were getting helped.