The News with Rick Sanchez - October 15, 2019 (20:00 ET)
Rick Sanchez discusses the protests in Barcelona and Hong Kong and explains how political bias informs news networks’ coverage of protest movements around the world. Why are some ignored and others amplified for days on end?
Then RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins from Hong Kong to report on how the local housing crisis and vast income inequality fuel the ongoing protests. RT producer Enrique Rivera joins to explain why he thinks the protest movement in Ecuador is only beginning.
Former naval intelligence officer John Jordan discusses the new US sanctions on NATO ally Turkey in response to its military operation in northern Syria and the deepening Mideast quagmire. We report on Russian President Putin’s diplomatic visit to the United Arab Emirates as well as arrests of Extinction Rebellion activists outside the MI5 headquarters in UK. Plus, privacy violations and risks associated with Amazon’s “Cloud Cam” home security system.