RT has an agenda just like everyone else, and accuracy is a function of that. It is quite reliable that way, but it's easier to spot the agenda than it is from the domestic propaganda sources.
While sometimes biased or inaccurate the NYT is much more reliable than RT which exists solely as a propaganda operation of the Putin administration. This is why his press secretary set it up and his government and friends fund it[1]. And regularly pushing conspiracy theories about 9/11 or global warming as well as hosting an assortment of wacko guests like Alex Jones and Lyndon LaRouche don't instill confidence in RT.
RT didn't employ Judith Miller. The NYT's did.
RT has an agenda just like everyone else, and accuracy is a function of that. It is quite reliable that way, but it's easier to spot the agenda than it is from the domestic propaganda sources.