I did - and this quote stood out from Delaney > "I was, by then, aware of RT’s reputation. The channel is part-funded by the Russian state"
Delaney / his production company was paid by RT to produce programmes and in turn folk were paid an appearance fee. So Delaney while independant in choosing the skits, wasn't financially "totally independent" from RT > Russian State. Not sure what your definition is of totally but you seem to be back tracking.
I'm not back tracking. Although I'm starting to wonder if English is your first language.
Let me help you out.
As time went by, we were astounded by the freedom we were given. Some of the stuff we broadcast on News Thing was so juvenile, offensive and, sometimes, terrible that we expected to be kicked out at any moment. But we rarely saw the boss; we rarely had any interaction with the channel at all. That was almost suspicious in itself. Everyone on News Thing had worked for terrestrial channels for years; none of us had ever experienced such laissez-faire management.
and for you especially
Conspiracy theorists – and even some mainstream journalists – began to accuse us of being part of what they called Putin’s propaganda machine. This seemed laughable to us. For a start, we had complete editorial independence. Plus, everyone involved in making the show was essentially left of centre, your typical metropolitan liberal dickhead types (including me). Our output was often dumb and sweary, but usually balanced and pretty moderate in its views. We criticised Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn equally. The show was consistently pro-remain. The channel’s marketing slogan was: “Question more”. It was true that programmes such as Going Underground or George Galloway’s weekly discussion show liked to challenge what they saw as the lazy bias of western neoliberals; by comparison, News Thing was positively wishy-washy and mainstream.
Hopefully that wasn't too long for you to read.