An American anchor who quit her job at state-funded Russia Today on air to protest President Vladimir Putin sending troops into the Ukraine has said she 'feels sick' that she worked at the station. Liz Wahl, who works at RT's Washington, DC bureau, said in her live resignation that she could no longer work for a network that 'whitewashes the actions of Putin'. She has now further explained her reasons for quitting the channel, saying it is 'not a sound news organization, not when your agenda is making America look bad.' Scroll down for video Connecticut-born Liz Wahl who sensationally quit her job at state-funded Russia Today on air earlier this month has spoken out for the first time about her bold decision and how the channel's coverage of events in Ukraine that was the final straw for her
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Anchor Liz Wahl quit her job on live TV Wednesday to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin's incursion on Ukraine
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Wahl worked for state-funded Russia Today
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She is the second RT anchor to speak out against the invasion of Crimea, a sovereign region of Ukraine, by Russian forces
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On Tuesday anchor Abby Martin said the incursion was 'wrong' but did not quit her job
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