Open Dialog with Margarita Simonyan Held at the World Youth Festival

An open dialog with Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT TV channel, entitled "Russia Today: History in Every Day" was held as part of the World Youth Festival.

Margarita Simonyan called for separating the concepts of "honesty" and "unbiasedness" in journalism, noting that unbiasedness is a trick invented by the BBC to deprive Russians and Russian journalists of patriotism and civic attachment.

"Let us keep the concepts separate: fair and unbiased, they are different things. Honest is mandatory, unbiased is not... And when you're on someone else's side, unbiased is out of the question. There is no such thing as unbiased. Unbiasedness is a fancy trick invented by the BBC to feed us and deprive us and our growing journalists of patriotism, deprive us of citizenship, of civic attachment," Margarita Simonyan said during an open dialog during the Multinational Unity Day on the margins of the World Youth Festival.

"In this world, where there are now far more fakes than non-fakes in the information world, the only way to be more or less safe is to carefully choose your information sources. If you subscribe to, say, RIA Novosti, I assure you - there are no fakes there," Margarita Simonyan said, answering a question from a special military operation participant about how young journalists can identify fakes concerning what is happening in the war zone.

In addition, the editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT TV channel hugged the special military operation participant, shook his hand and thanked him for what he was doing.

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The World Youth Festival is taking place at the Sirius Federal Territory from March 1 to 7, 2024, as per the decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at fostering international youth cooperation.

The Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) is the organizer of the World Youth Festival, with the Directorate of the World Youth Festival serving as the operator for WYF-2024.