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| Russia Won't Renew ABC-TV's Accreditation | |
| 2005-08-03 | |
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will not renew permission for ABC-TV to operate in the country after the network broadcast an interview with a notorious Chechen warlord. In a statement, the ministry said ABC would be considered "undesirable" by all Russian state agencies because of an interview with Shamil Basayev, which was broadcast last week on "Nightline."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 HEAR_HERE!!!!!!!!!! There's not a JORNALIST in the bunch!!!!!We SHOULD take them OFF the air HERE!!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMY GUY 2005-08-03 13:00 |
| #3 What are the odds we could do this here in the States? |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-08-03 12:30 |
| #2 The informational content of the broadcast could have been quickly (a mere minute or less when you cut away the BS) and easily conveyed without giving PR time for Ol Nasty Pegleg. Journalism? No, attention grabbing BS for all three parties concerned. One should know better. How do they feel about having given a mass murderer of school children in a school a soapbox? |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-03 10:11 |
| #1 There is a total boycottt of all things ABC at my house currently. You do not give a genocidal mass-murdering sociopath a platform to speak from. Russia is totally within it's rights to do whatever it sees fit to do, including prosecuting ABC and the persons who did the interview in their courts. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-03 05:30 |