vox_mundi wrote:Watchdog: Media freedom suffers ‘deep and disturbing decline’ worldwide In post-Soviet countries, freedom has declined steadily, with many countries following the example of Russia, where government critics face persecution. Ukraine was a notable exception, seeing an improvement due to a decline in violence in the separatist conflict in the east of the country and some reform, though many problems still remain.
Perhaps this "watchdog" should direct its muzzle towards NATO member Turkey and see how much freedom there is there. While these clowns brazenly claim there are "persecuted" critics in Russia, in Turkey newspapers are shut down and journalists are thrown in the slammer for reporting the truth about Erodgan's Daesh oil racket. I dare this "watchdog" to provide any similar examples in the case of Russia. Give us a single name of a Russian journalist doing jail time. "Pussy Riot" were a bunch of hoodlums that got the book thrown at them after they escalated their law breaking. They were not happy getting $17 fines. Well, cry me a river. They weren't "government critics" but foreign sponsored activists designed to feed the NATO anti-Russian propaganda narratives.
Here is an exchange between Putin and one of those mythical persecuted critics in Russia:
https://youtu.be/Zl90fme0XEcRussian taxpayers are funding pro-NATO propagandists who openly attack "tyrant" Putin. Let's see them try to pull this in NATO member Turkey.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... ournalistsMeanwhile NATO propagandists spread blood libel and defamation about Russia by essentially ascribing to it the conditions in Turkey. NATO media consumers need to go to alternative and fringe media to get news about Russia that is at least partially balanced. Russian media consumers can partake of the NATO narratives in their MSM.