Russia from one American's perspective.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Accuracy in Russian Media?

I just LOVE this not-so-subtle jab at Russian media sources from REUTERS in the UK:

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.


Of COURSE they won't vouch for the accuracy of the news--how can they check it? How can a reporter in Russia even get any kind of truth? Russians are the masters of spin. As long as they aren't playing a classical composition on the radio, though, you know things are more or less moving along. Smack dab into democracy. Sometimes democracy just plain sucks. If it is going to fail anywhere, it'll fail over there. I think they're just going to have to compromise and hammer together their own style. The American way won't work.

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