Post by Felix on Apr 22, 2007 22:00:58 GMT -5
Story.
Hah! Putin won't put up with the "mainstream media" warping public opinion. No wonder George W. Bush could "look into his soul."
MOSCOW, April 21 — At their first meeting with journalists
since taking over Russia’s largest independent radio news
network, the managers had startling news of their own:
from now on, they said, at least 50 percent of the reports
about Russia must be “positive.”
In addition, opposition leaders could not be mentioned
on the air and the United States was to be portrayed
as an enemy, journalists employed by the network,
Russian News Service, say they were told by the
new managers, who are allies of the Kremlin.
How would they know what constituted positive
news?
“When we talk of death, violence or poverty, for
example, this is not positive,” said one editor at
the station who did not want to be identified for
fear of retribution. “If the stock market is up, that
is positive. The weather can also be positive.”
since taking over Russia’s largest independent radio news
network, the managers had startling news of their own:
from now on, they said, at least 50 percent of the reports
about Russia must be “positive.”
In addition, opposition leaders could not be mentioned
on the air and the United States was to be portrayed
as an enemy, journalists employed by the network,
Russian News Service, say they were told by the
new managers, who are allies of the Kremlin.
How would they know what constituted positive
news?
“When we talk of death, violence or poverty, for
example, this is not positive,” said one editor at
the station who did not want to be identified for
fear of retribution. “If the stock market is up, that
is positive. The weather can also be positive.”
Hah! Putin won't put up with the "mainstream media" warping public opinion. No wonder George W. Bush could "look into his soul."
