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2004-09-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin Urges Media to Aid in Terror Fight

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Posted by Fred 2004-09-24 3:12:08 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 GFL, Vlad.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-24 3:54:13 PM|| 2004-09-24 3:54:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 . . . saying the media should not just be passive observers in the face of threats by militants.

When has the mainstream media ever been passive observers? They spend most of their time criticizing attempts to fight this war.

sheesh . . .

Posted by GP 2004-09-24 3:59:54 PM|| 2004-09-24 3:59:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Western elections observers sharply criticized Russian broadcasters for a strong pro-Kremlin bias in this year's presidential election campaign and last year's parliamentary election.

"Russian TV today is not free. Instead of timely and objective information, they try to force us to report the official version, instead of free discussion _ propaganda...."

One wonders if the media in the US will see the extreme irony in these statements.

Posted by AzCat 2004-09-24 4:08:32 PM|| 2004-09-24 4:08:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 GP - The MSM in America is not a passive observer but a willing participant in the war --- but on the terrorist's side - they are allies

Evidence:

MSM never uses the term 'terrorists' for people who deliberately target and murder civilians in order to instill terror

The inaccurate reporting of the school sige in Russia. A) claimed the Russian forces 'stormed' the school first B) refusal to report that a number of the children hostages were gang raped by their Islamic captors C) never refers to the terrorist as being all 'muslim' or Islamic D) see number 1 above.

The MSM is actively engaging in efforts to replace a strong president who is fighting the terrorists on their own ground with a weak U.N. weenie. See CBS as well as any episode of 'We Hate America' (formally 'Good Morning America'), 'Toadie' (formally Today), etc...

The MSM ongoing effort to subvert the will of the american public by protraying the Iraq effort as a 'Quagmire', 'another Vietnam', 'Miserable Failure', and 'We are ALL GONNA DIE!!!!' by concentrating solely on American deaths (the body bag count) or minor problems by a few malcontents (the Prison scandal for weeks to the exclusion of all else and worshipping at the feet of anyone who claims to be linked to Al-Q. All the while ignoring the 80% of Iraq which is running smoothly. Dont forget their decision to ignore the 100K - 1 Million Iraqis who protested againast terrorism last December. (While any fart by an Al-Q 'spokesmen' gets front page for weeks).

'Freedom of the Press' is both a very powerful right - and an awesome responsibility.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-09-24 4:35:04 PM|| 2004-09-24 4:35:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Vlad clearly hasn't caught on to this freedom of the press (to be your enemy) idea.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-24 5:27:26 PM|| 2004-09-24 5:27:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I can see why, Mrs. Davis ...

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-09-24 8:17:33 PM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-09-24 8:17:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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