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In reply to the discussion: Putin just shut down RIA Novosti and VoR--and folded them into his OWN "RT" propaganda machine. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)31. Sad day for Russia. It was the "voice of the opposition" -- such as it was.
And how DARE they hire people with actual journalistic cred! That must not stand!
Now, people looking for a free press in Russia can fuggedaboutit. Anything called "news" coming out of Russia is going to be vetted by the Pootie machine. And with all those foreign bureaux in place, the RIA network can be used as a vehicle to insert Russian spies in offices all over the world. If I were a foreign government with a RIA office in my nation, I'd put my people on anyone who claims to be a "journalist" working out of that office from this day forward.
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Putin just shut down RIA Novosti and VoR--and folded them into his OWN "RT" propaganda machine. [View all]
MADem
Dec 2013
OP
Not necessarily--there are people who are shocked to learn that the R in RT stands for "Russia." nt
MADem
Dec 2013
#8
Bottom line is Putin has his thumb on everything. It's like the old Pravda - Izvestia days.
MADem
Dec 2013
#6
Russia has had an increasingly ugly downward trend in press freedoms over the past decade...
Blue_Tires
Dec 2013
#14
Did you read the article? Putin co-opted it. His RT propaganda machine is running it. nt
MADem
Dec 2013
#16
It's still state-owned. With the SAME NAME. So they've BIFURCATED their propaganda.
MADem
Dec 2013
#20
It's even less so now. This is "oversight on steroids." Just in time for Sochi! nt
MADem
Dec 2013
#21
Yep....it's amazing how much can be thrown under the bus because, ya know, Snowden is dreamy.
MADem
Dec 2013
#28
RIA Novosti was former President Dmitry Medvedev's effort to liberalize Russian media.
pampango
Dec 2013
#30