General Discussion

Did I ever say that RT had editorial control over Harmann's show? No. But editorial influence, absolutely. As I mentioned, the contents of the banner on the bottom of the screen in each and every show is not controlled by Hartmann and is not subject of his editorial decisions. Yet, they make a significant portion of the content presented on his show, subject to the editorial decisions of Putin's propaganda mouthpiece alone. Nor did I say Hartmann worked for RT. He worked WITH RT, which is hardly complimentary as compared to working FOR them. Nor did I go into the content of Hartmann's own editorial decisions, but I doubt very much that the Putin-controlled propaganda organ would give it an outlet were they not to find it useful for Putin's propaganda (and/or useful in advancing Putin's propaganda via the aforementioned banner device). Hartmann have full editorial control of his programs, but he had zero editorial control of the screen they are displayed on.

I picked the video at random, not to scrutinize the contents of the banner, but to establish its existence outside of Hartmann's editorial control. It will take an examination of the entirety of the content displayed by the banner throughout Hartmann's appearances on RT to make a halfass accurate assessment of what RT was up to. But something tells me that you will find precious little in those headlines, if anything at all, that, unlike the MSM coverage in a year or so before and after the n2016 elections, would be complimentary to Hillary or the Obama administration. Just a hunch, which you are welcome to disprove.

As far as Hartmann's membership on DU, I believe he is entitled to keep it as long as he doesn't violate DU's terms of use. What he does in the privacy of his own home, or on a show broadcast by Putin's propaganda organ, does not affect his standing on DU.