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Abby Martin is a North American, videographer, writer, journalist and Psychedelic artist ; best known as both: host and pundit of an approx. half-hour, 5 day a week, Russia Today America political current affairs programme, entitled: Breaking The Set ;which replaced RT's The Alyona Show, in July 2012.

In 2009, she founded a citizen journalism media organization named MEDIAROOTS, based in Oakland California. She's also a board member of a research organization named Project Censored.

She has described herself as a political, anti-war activist and community organizer.

Threats and Criticisms
The Israeli Prime Minister's spokesman Alex Selsky, has at least twice accused Martin's BTS coverage of the Gaza-Israel "conflict" as "very very one sided".

Martin claims to be often accused of being a propagandist for Russia's President Vladimir Putin. A charge which she strenuously refutes.

In June 2012, a staffer representing the Media Relations Committee at the Capitol, threatened Martin with: arrest, press credential-stripping, charges of trespassing and harassment; for collaborating with fellow journalist Luke Rudowski, in confronting US Republican Senator Rand Paul with questions about his allegedly hypocritical endorsement of (interventionist) Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign.

Education
Has a Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Political Science from San Diego State University (2006) with a minor in Spanish

Her visual art
Started from the age of 19

Her artwork features on the cover of a documentary entitled: The Crisis of Civilization

Hobbies
Photography, travelling and hiking.

Trivia
She claims to have coined the disparaging nickname "#DRONEKING" for US President Barack Obama.

Started to scrutinize what she sees as North America's state-compliant interventionist media, after her ex-boyfriend (Matt) in high school, joined the military soon after September 11th 2001.

She's lived in Costa Rica and Spain, to help her Spanish language studies. Also lived in San Francisco.