News with Ed -- January 2, 2018

Mainstream media hopes for regime change, spreads fake news on Iran protests

Increasingly violent demonstrations in Iran have received words of encouragement from President Donald Trump and neocons within his administration. RT America’s Anya Parampil exposes holes in mainstream media’s coverage of the protests and how it serves Washington’s narrative of regime change.

Papadopoulos: Lying then or lying now?

A new report alleges that George Papadopoulos was out drinking with Australian ambassador Alexander Downer when he first claimed that Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton. Legal and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media joins RT America’s Manila Chan to tear the story to pieces, arguing that when it comes to the Russia probe, “there is STILL NOTHING!”