Abby Martin

Abigail Suzanne " Abby " Martin ( born September 6, 1984 in Oakland ) is an American journalist and presenter. She moderates since September 2012, the mission Breaking the set with the Russian TV channel Russia Today. About journalistic addition, Abby Martin has worked as a visual artist.

Life

Abby Martin spent her childhood in Pleasanton, California. She graduated from Amador Valley High School. She then studied political science at San Diego State University with a Bachelor Degree. Parallel to her studies, she gained experience in Internet shows and participated in the 9/11 Truth Movement. For a time she lived in Costa Rica and Spain.

Work

Abby Martin was co-founder of grassroots journalism project Media Roots. In September 2012, she was hired by RT America, which belongs to Russia Today and moderated since their own mission Breaking the set, in which she criticized, among others, the dominance of Western media. In the introduction to the debut broadcast of Breaking the set ( double meaning: "Resolving prefabricated structures " and " smash the TV " ) is Abby Martin to see how she smashes a TV with a sledgehammer that previously had several U.S. news programs are seen.

During the Krimkrise 2014, Martin spent at the end of its mission on March 3, 2014 Russia Today against the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian military. Russia's actions is wrong and it is against the interference in the affairs of a sovereign state. After this statement was picked up by other media, Martin stressed in its next program, that they would then also have demonstrated how selective reporting the Western media.

On March 6, Martins colleague Liz choice regarding announced taking on their appearance, from disagreements over editorial stance on Russia Today.