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Another RT reporter quits in protest

Sara Firth, a London-based reporter for Russia Today, publicly resigned Friday in protest at the station’s coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine.

"I resigned from RT today. I have huge respect for many in the team, but I'm for the truth," Firth wrote on her Twitter account. Firth later told the Press Gazette that the Russian channel's biased coverage of the crash was "the straw that broke the camel’s back for me."

While most members of the international community, including the United States, believe that the plane was likely brought down by pro-Russian separatists, RT has instead suggested the fault lies with the Ukrainian government.

(PHOTOS: Malaysia Airlines plane crash)

"Yesterday when the story broke you get the kick in your stomach when you’re going to get the facts and it’s this huge story,” Firth told Press Gazette. “And I walked into the newsroom and they were running an eye-witness account of God-knows who the person was blaming the Ukrainian government, and it is such a volatile situation.”

"RT style guide Rule 1: It is ALWAYS *Ukraine's fault (*add name as applicable)," Firth tweeted.

(Also on POLITICO: Flight MH17: Who's saying what)

Firth is the second RT reporter to publicly resign from the Kremlin-controlled network. During the Russian invasion of Crimea, in March, the Washington-based anchor Liz Wahl announced her resignation on-air, saying she "could not be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashed the actions of Putin."

Wahl later stressed that her resignation was not "a self-promotional stunt."