Media control in Russia
The saga of media control in Russia continues according to an article in the Guardian (UK).8 Russian Reporters Resign in Protest
"Eight correspondents have resigned from a Russian broadcast news agency to protest the pro-Kremlin management's decision to withhold stories in line with a new policy that half its coverage must portray the government in a 'positive' light, journalists said...
"In another case highlighting the concerns, the Russian Union of Journalists is protesting an order that it vacate its offices in a building that houses state media operations...
"Analytical programs on Russia's main TV channels are increasingly infrequent and less likely to express criticism of the Kremlin. The state runs one of the country's three major TV networks and has a direct controlling stake in another, along with owning the two of the largest radio networks.
"NTV television, the third major TV network once noted for its criticism of the Kremlin and independent reporting on the war in Chechnya, has been taken over by the state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom, which also owns the newspaper Izvestia..."
A report in the Christian Science Monitory reemphasizes the changing face of reporting in Russia and once again mentions radio Echo in Moscow as one of the last bits of independent media.
In Russia, 'space for journalism is narrow'
"Viktor Shenderovich is a cheerful but sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin. He savages the Kremlin on his political-satire show at the independent radio station Ekho Moskvi... 'The space for journalism is narrow, and growing smaller all the time,' he says...
"Lately, state control has moved further, as 'loyal' tycoons have bought key print-media properties...
"'No one is claiming that things are heavenlike in Russia,' says Gleb Pavlovsky, a Kremlin adviser. 'We have never lived in an absolutely free country, but we have never had as much press freedom as we have today.'..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:13 AM
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