"RT may be closer to its clients now. But it's not doing the STEEM currency a favour."

If even one person buys one Steem because of RT, that would benefit the currency. Since it is probable that some RT followers will discover Steem because RT is here, that is a damn likely thing.

I get that you feel strongly that RT is state propaganda, and I find compelling arguments to support that feeling. However, what harm can an openly state-sponsored news outlet do by being on Steem that isn't already happening, and how can that harm Steem?

Regardless of whether or not I lap up whatever RT spoons out, I do not see that they can harm Steem by doing it here. On the contrary, I am confident that bringing their content here will be a great benefit to Steem, and we bloggers who will have that content to discuss more thoroughly, which will better enable people to grasp facts on issues that propaganda outlets deliberately misrepresent.

Your comments here seem to be fearful that RT, instead of proving that they are propagandists and only mislead people, will show that they speak the truth, and gain support for opponents of organizations like CNN, who repeatedly prove they blatantly lie, make things up, and do so to manipulate people for profit.

Anger is the child of fear, and you seem angry about RT. I am not their lapdog, and if there's good reason behind your feelings, I would benefit from knowing what they are. The anger you're expressing has more than once in your comments on this post crossed over the line of reason, and this piques my interest because it reveals the truth about liars. If you don't want to inadvertently reveal such truths, you'd do well to forthrightly and lucidly express the valid reason for your fear.

Anger reveals fear, just as lies reveal the truth.