# RT news site

5 Hacker News commenters recommended RT news site and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free news site recommended for ad-free access and for comparing its coverage with Western outlets; critics call it Russian propaganda, especially when the Kremlin is involved.

## Why people recommend it

- Broadens political perspective when compared (2 comments): "reading them all or reading about the same subjects from these different outlets really gives you a larger political perspective" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060414)) "I do seek it out to balance the agitprop of CNN against the agitprop of RT" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446499))

## What people warn about

- Seen as Russian propaganda (4 comments): "it is a Russian propaganda outlet dedicated to helping their expansion war" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083238)) "RT is good except when the Kremlin gets its hands on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208516)) "RT is a propaganda website to make you like Russia" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46892164))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Al Jazeera](https://hackerapproved.com/p/al-jazeera.md): 17 recommend
- [Drop Site News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/drop-site-news.md): 8 recommend
- [France24](https://hackerapproved.com/p/france24.md): 7 recommend
- [PBS NewsHour](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pbs-news-hour.md): 6 recommend
- [Breaking Points](https://hackerapproved.com/p/breaking-points.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RT news site", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).