Russian media mediates message
Is there any doubt about who is in charge of media content?As Obama Visits, Russian TV Alters Take on U.S.
When Barack Obama and Dmitri A. Medvedev meet behind closed doors here on Monday, among those on tenterhooks will be the television commentator Mikhail V. Leontyev, who has built a career on his relentless hectoring of the West...
Now, though, there is a sense of uncertainty here about what lies next in the Russian-American relationship. In sync with the Kremlin, Russian news media have reflected this state of suspended animation, muting their criticism of Washington and especially of President Obama. That is not good news for Mr. Leontyev...
That does not mean the grievances have gone away. Anti-Americanism has become a central fact of Russian politics — a populist rallying cry and proof, as people here love to say, that the country has risen from its knees.
Whether Russian opinion makers drift back to the paint-stripping rhetoric of last summer seems to depend greatly on what happens at the summit meeting...
Labels: media, political culture, Russia
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