As the mainstream outlets in the US continue to pick and choose approaches to coverage according to geographic location and potential political gain, it's becoming increasingly visible that selective facts aren't really facts at all. Double standards in journalism were once embarrassing. They now tend to be increasingly mainstream. Demonstrators in the US have been presented in the media largely as a margin of American society. In Russia, a sea of flags carried by truly radical nationalist groups -- ignored and gone without explanation. "Here we have the news media playing up the Russian protests, and playing down American protests that are still underway," said blogger and media critic Danny Schechter. Treating protests at home and abroad differently these days seems to be a trend. "Protesters against foreign countries, particularly countries that are political and economic rivals, to the United States -- are always good. Protesters in our country who are against the American system, are usually bad. That's the construct the media begins with," said editorial columnist and author Ted Rall. American mainstream media channels took at least two weeks to catch up and then undermine with Occupy Wall Street protests across the US. RT has been on the ground since Day 1, showing the hundreds of arrests and tear gas use against the protesters -- events largely ignored by the mainstream media. "When tear gas and lethal weapons was being used during the Arab Spring protests this ...cc

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