RT Comments On Being Left Without Emmy Award For 6th Time

The RT broadcaster commented on Tuesday on having lost its sixth International Emmy Awards nomination, saying that it would be patient until its moment arose.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd October, 2018) The RT broadcaster commented on Tuesday on having lost its sixth International Emmy Awards nomination, saying that it would be patient until its moment arose.

The broadcaster was nominated in the news category for a series of special reports about the humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi war-ravaged city of Mosul.

"Last night, the Emmy international awards were presented in New York. RT was nominated for the sixth time, but as the tradition goes, we got nothing. But we are biding our time, just like [renowned actor] Leonardo DiCaprio did," RT tweeted.

RT's loss comes after a year of pressure in the United States, during which time US lawmakers and intelligence community claimed that the media outlet may have been involved in Russia's alleged attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election.

The broadcaster as well as Russian authorities have repeatedly refuted the allegations as unsubstantiated.

In November, the US Department of Justice ordered the broadcaster's branch in the United States RT America to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). At the same time, many other media outlets, including BBC, China's CCTV, France 24, and Deutsche Welle were not registered as such. Later that month, RT's accreditation to the US Congress was revoked.

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya Information Agency and RT, pointed out that RT's registration as a "foreign agent" put the broadcaster at a disadvantage compared to other foreign media outlets working in the United States.