(CNN) -- Two young news anchors for Russia's RT television network -- both Americans -- have blasted Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine, and their editor-in-chief claims the announcements, and the "mainstream media's" reaction to them, are part of a media war. "We've got a genuine war going on," Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, wrote on RT's website. "No, thank God, it's not in Crimea. It's a media war." Sitting behind the RT anchor desk on Wednesday, Washington-based Liz Wahl told the audience she "could not be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of (President Vladimir) Putin," adding "I'm proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why after this newscast I am resigning."
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One RT anchor quits and another criticizes Moscow's intervention in Ukraine
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Jill Dougherty notes that RT editor said "mainstream media" in war with RT
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RT is an arm of Russia's media apparatus, and is due for another rebranding, she says
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She says the intervention in Crimea will overshadow and may tarnish RT
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