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14. Russia has had an increasingly ugly downward trend in press freedoms over the past decade...

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 11:50 AM

Dec 2013

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It sucks that our own media is so biased to the right MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #1

I think that, for the most part, people who would seek out RT for news el_bryanto Dec 2013 #3

I'm waiting for the Greenwald column on this. nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #2

that`s going to be a long wait madrchsod Dec 2013 #9

I assume they'll maintain the separation as was the case dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #4

Since when did that dictatorship ever have a free press? Rex Dec 2013 #5

HAHAHAHA!!! Rex Dec 2013 #10

Good old Pootie. HappyMe Dec 2013 #11

That's about the size of it! MADem Dec 2013 #12

Yikes, that's creepy. HappyMe Dec 2013 #13

I agree--and so do many journalists inside and outside of Russia. MADem Dec 2013 #23

Holy crap! HappyMe Dec 2013 #24

It must be horrific for them to live in fear like that. MADem Dec 2013 #25

Yeah, it isn't as if the lgbt athletes HappyMe Dec 2013 #27

Yes, they have--and just in time for the Olympics! MADem Dec 2013 #17

RIA Novosti doesn't appear to be shut down or changed in any way yet. FarCenter Dec 2013 #15

Article states dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #18

I'll bet that even in the face of this, HappyMe Dec 2013 #26