Evening News - August 30, 2018
Published 31 Aug, 2018 01:23Fear Of Global Financial Collapse?
As tariffs and sanctions are increasing globally many nations are dealing with reeling financial issues and the near collapse of local currency. Investors are concerned Latin Americas third largest economy, Argentina, could collapse after the country unexpectedly asked for the early release of a $50 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. At the same time nations like Canada and Venezuela are dealing with growing inflation. For more on the current global currency crises we turn to RT’s Manila Chan and former UK member of parliament, George Galloway.
CNN Primetime Ratings Fall Behind Home Garden TV – report
After being called out for citing anonymous sources who claimed they were misquoted, CNN is now in the spotlight for its low ratings. According to Nielsen Media Research, CNN primetime ratings fell behind Home and Garden Television. RT America’s Rachel Blevins has the latest. For analysis Natasha Sweatte is joined by Georgia state representative Erica Thomas and National Editor of Accuracy in Media Carrie Sheffield.