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Russian State TV Anchor: 'Propaganda Is Journalism'
RFE/RL Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ^
| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
| RFE/RL's Russian Service
Posted on 05/07/2014 1:38:45 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to RFE/RL in Moscow, Russian state television's leading news anchor defended his award and said he saw no difference between journalism and propaganda. (RFE/RL's Russian Service) [Video]
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: journalism; propaganda; putinsbuttboys; russia
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:38:46 AM PDT
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
...said he saw no difference between journalism and propaganda...
Neither do I.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:45:10 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN '66-'67)
To: ComputerGuy
A good description to the American MSM.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:48:14 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Cowboy Bob
They're no longer reporters - they're agents of change.
The facts don't matter anymore. It's all about the spin.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:50:29 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN '66-'67)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: WhiskeyX
‘Propaganda Is Journalism’
Isn’t that CNN’s copyright?
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posted on
05/07/2014 2:20:18 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(I'ts not the crime it's the coverup they said.)
To: WhiskeyX
A new descriptor for journalists is “opinion designers”.
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posted on
05/07/2014 3:29:40 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Sapere aude!)
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