A Russian propaganda channel just cut into C-SPAN’s live feed

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by Sindy Cator on January 12, 2017 at 10:39 pm

For around 10 minutes today, Russian propaganda network RT cut into C-SPAN1 during live coverage of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation. First noticed by Deadspin editor Tim Burke, the unscheduled programming change saw C-SPAN’s regularly scheduled programming freeze before RT’s ‘World’s Apart’ cut in. Burke published the ripped video to his personal Twitter account. Here’s the moment Russia Today took over the C-SPAN1 feed. Unclear what happened. RT aired for about ten minutes before C-SPAN1 came back. pic.twitter.com/mhWVgCoFxF — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 12, 2017 In a statement to Gizmodo, C-SPAN cleared up the programming error: This afternoon the online feed…