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
Politico: C-SPAN 'investigating' why congressional livestream switched to Russia Today
On Thursday afternoon, C-SPAN's online live video coverage of Congress abruptly abruptly switched to a live feed of the Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today. The livestream continued to show RT for about 10 minutes, before switching back to C-SPAN.
The sudden cut to RT, an English-language network funded by the Russian government, happened at about 2:30 p.m., while Rep. Maxine Waters was speaking about SEC regulation.
Deadspin editor Tim Burke, who was watching the C-SPAN livestream at the time, recorded a video of the sudden switch.
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WNU Editor: The timing is interesting. And then we have this .... Lights go out at Pompeo CIA hearing (Washington Times).
More News On C-SPAN Life Feed Taken Over By RT
C-SPAN Confirms It Was Briefly Hacked by a Russian News Site -- Fortune
Capitol Hill Buzz: Russian News Site Interrupts C-SPAN -- AP
Russia Hacking US? C-SPAN Live Feed Briefly Taken Over By Russian Today Broadcast -- International Business Times
The Russians Are Coming? C-SPAN Flubs, Accidentally Airs RT -- Sputnik
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