some nuance by OpenDemocracy.net on Russian journalism/ state coercion over it
Some may find this interesting as it brings a little nuance to the old meme of "the Russian state censors Russian media with a heavy hand". Russian journalism’s double white lines Ilya Yablokov 22 July 2016 https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ilya-yablokov/russian-media-s-double...
On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:54:34 +1000 Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
Some may find this interesting as it brings a little nuance to the old meme of "the Russian state censors Russian media with a heavy hand".
What I gather from the article is that journalists in russia are fully corrupt, and the few who are not corrupt get fired. Which is what the author wants to convey anyway? So it turns out that journalism in russia is as corrupt as it is in any other country on the planet. Hardly surprising at all.
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