Original sentence: " She has said the network "takes a pro-Russian position" and has been unrepentant about RT's pro-Russian coverage of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.Russia Today staff have claimed that their coverage is "fair and balanced, not merely propaganda.She has claimed the channel welcomes controversy, as it "provides an alternative to mainstream media.The Russian-born American writer Julia Ioffe has said that Russia Today, in attempting to feature "an alternate point of view, it is forced to talk to marginal, offensive, and often irrelevant figures who can take positions bordering on the absurd" including someone who asserts "that the CIA is testing dangerous drugs on unwitting civilians" and also "the "Truther” claim that 9/11 was an inside job makes a frequent appearance on the channel"
Edited sentence: " and that "we don't give airtime to public figures who you call extremist any more than CNN and other channels give airtime to people who many in Russia consider extremists".Maria Finoshina.Russia Today staff have claimed that their coverage is "fair and balanced.She has said the channel welcomes controversy, as it "provides an alternative to mainstream media.She has said the network "takes a pro-Russian position" and has been unrepentant about RT's pro-Russian coverage of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.Sonia Scherr, the author of the SPLC article, asserted that the Patriot militia organizer Jim Stachowiak was a regular interviewee and wrote that the opinions of "white nationalist" Jared Taylor had been underplayed and had gone unchallenged by any of his opponents when he appeared on the channel.The American Southern Poverty Law Center civil rights organisation in 2010 pointed to the channel giving extensive coverage to the 'birther' and the New World Order conspiracy theories.The Russian-born American writer Julia Ioffe has said that Russia Today, in attempting to feature "an alternate point of view, it is forced to talk to marginal, offensive, and often irrelevant figures who can take positions bordering on the absurd" including someone who asserts "that the CIA is testing dangerous drugs on unwitting civilians" and also "the 'Truther' claim that 9/11 was an inside job makes a frequent appearance on the channel"