Medvedev's victory has been scorned by critics as a triumph of "managed democracy," a system that reached its climax under [Vladimir Putin], in which the Kremlin defines the political agenda, stage-manages the process and mobilizes the population to validate the whole exercise with their votes. As one Moscow journalist, Sergei Strokan, remarked, "Putin could have nominated his dog, and it would be duly elected and inaugurated as president. It's true that we have some permitted outlets which are useful for the authorities to prove that there's freedom of the press in Russia," says Viktor Shenderovich, creator of the political satire program Kukli, which was driven off the air about a year after Putin came to power in 2000. Shenderovich now has a weekly commentary show on Ekho Moskvi. "...
[...] when she turned her attention to political coverage in the early part of this century, Oates found that state television had "an increasing focus on the president and selected few officials who openly supported the Kremlin. . . [and] no viable opponents to Putin's regime (were) given positive or even neutral coverage." Among the more noteworthy findings are that Russian journalists: (1) Were often annoyed throughout the 1990s by Westerners who sought to instill concepts such as freedom of the press in Russia, which Russian journalists believed the nation was not (and still is not) ready for; (2) Rely on a limited number of consistent, reliable sources; (3) Deliver daily a sizable number of crime stories; (4) Appear to accept the philosophy that "you can do whatever you want with ...
This appeared Friday in the Chicago Tribune. If freedom of the press is the backbone of a democracy, then Russia is growing crippled.
The four theories of the press have long dominated in journalism education and research and arguably do a good job of describing media systems in the West. However, it is hard to fit Asian media systems into the existing theories. This paper re-examines the four press theories and identifies the difficulties in using the theories as a guide to understand media systems in Asia. The purpose of this paper is to raise issues with the applicability of the theories in an Asian media context and explore a new paradigm, which would bring in cultural values from both the East and the West.
... context and the reliability of press freedom ratings of each country given by the Freedom House...The press in Russia presents perhaps the most intriguing case for stud...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected on Tuesday Russian charges the West is engaging in political manipulation to expand its influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics. He also challenged Russia to take steps to withdraw its military forces from two former Soviet republics and expressed concern over restrictions in Russia on press freedom and the rule of law.
..., invited guests, and members of the press and diplomatic corps, I'd like to welcome all of y...These basic human freedoms are enshrined in many of the international agreeme...
... was assassinated in Moscow, the Russian polling agency Levada Center asked her compatriots...
This paper presents a comparative study of economic freedom in five groups of countries: Free, Mostly Free, Islamic, Latin American, and a subset of EU member countries. The study includes 103 countries, and uses data from the 2007 Index of Economic Freedom. The paper tests for the statistical significance of the difference between group means for each of ten measures of economic freedom and for the overall freedom score. The empirical evidence shows that the Islamic countries have significantly less economic freedom than the other groups, and that they are the only group with declining economic freedom in the last 13 years.
... resisted the introduction of the printing press. In Turkey, printing books in Arabic - the sacred ...Remarkably, Japan defeated and humiliated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. The lesson that...
The Republic of Georgia in the Caucasus is on the cusp of change. Beyond street protests, there is a deep polarization in society that bespeaks an unrest that will not be stopped until the government changes and democratic reforms finally are introduced. I know this government and its shortcomings firsthand. I served for two years as its ambassador to the United Nations. I resigned in late 2008 because I disagreed with the erratic, unilateral decision- making of President Mikheil Saakashvili and his government.
... led my country into an armed conflict with Russia that we had no chance of winning. But wrongheaded ...Second, freedom of expression must be protected. In the modern wor... the chilling parallel between the state of press freedom in Georgia today and the campaign by Vladi...
More journalists were killed last year than ever before. No doubt the world has become a more dangerous place for journalists, but not necessarily in ways that people might expect. The risks to foreign journalists, especially for (but hardly limited to) Western correspondents, have risen dramatically. There is another trend that is even more disturbing. When it comes to journalists, the killers get away with the murders in nearly nine out of ten cases. In no less than 89% of journalist murders worldwide, there has been little or no prosecution whatsoever. At the same time, combat journalists and other reporters who cover dangerous situations still face great risks. No less than 18% of the journalists killed on the job in all circumstances since 1992 died covering combat or some other fo...
...Many people have heard of the Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who, ..., perhaps the single greatest threat to press freedom worldwide. But it also raises questions th...
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