How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda Drudge Report has linked nearly 400 times to RT, Sputnik News, TASS since 2012 Blog ››› 11 hours 57 min ago ››› MATT GERTZ On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and crew. The next day, President Barack Obama alleged that the responsible parties were Russian-backed separatists seizing territory in the region following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Obama’s statement came amid a furious effort by Russian propaganda outlets to foster confusion about the act. In their telling, the tragedy had actually...