They don ' t want to lose control on media propaganda over sensitive issues like war in Syria , you need tight control , what if a meaningful percentage of Europeans get to realize government and medias are actually supporting AQ and similar organizations in Syria ? They can ' t get away with silencing the rare voices of dissent in European media but they surely can get away with trying to silence russian medias . Most of Europeans will think it ' s 100 % lies and propaganda just because it ' s Russian as in a pavlovian reaction . It ' s Russian , it must be based on lies . RT is often propaganda , but the untold truth is they happen to be more sincere and trustworthy when reporting on Syria just because they don ' t need to lie , most of European medias and governments are involved in a giant propaganda operation based on fiction and deception . Western media ' s state is frankly sad and worrying .