pc4hillary
10-26-2008, 08:50 PM
What is the role of the Press in the United States?
I couldn't find any definitive answers in the first 3 google pages, so I got impatient and looked for:
What is the role of the Press in Russia?
There seems to be much more info on this search. The following caught my eye.
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page A18
While Putin travels around with a contingent of reporters just as Bush does, the Kremlin press pool is a handpicked group of reporters, most of whom work for the state and the rest selected for their fidelity to the Kremlin's rules of the game. Helpful questions are often planted. Unwelcome questions are not allowed. And anyone who gets out of line can get out of the pool.
The Kremlin press pool is like so many institutions in Russia that have the trappings of a Western-style pluralistic society but operate under a different set of understandings, part of what analyst Lilia Shevtsova of the Carnegie Moscow Center calls "the illusion of democracy." Television channels air newscasts with fancy graphics but follow scripts approved by the Kremlin. Elections are held, but candidates out of favor with the Kremlin are often knocked off the ballot. Courts conduct trials, but the state almost never loses. Parliament meets but only to rubber-stamp Kremlin legislation.
Just sayin':(
Some of the pundits have brought up the fact that the McCain campaign banned NBC from their plane. While this is true, it is not a fair comparison. If McCain was going to ban a network that asked them tough questions, was condescending, and tried to put them in a bad light, they would have to ban
EVERYONE except FOX. They only singled out NBC because of their conduct.
The O'Bidens get one direct interview and they immediately boycott that station. Looks like if they were in Russia....they would have to leave the pool.
I couldn't find any definitive answers in the first 3 google pages, so I got impatient and looked for:
What is the role of the Press in Russia?
There seems to be much more info on this search. The following caught my eye.
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page A18
While Putin travels around with a contingent of reporters just as Bush does, the Kremlin press pool is a handpicked group of reporters, most of whom work for the state and the rest selected for their fidelity to the Kremlin's rules of the game. Helpful questions are often planted. Unwelcome questions are not allowed. And anyone who gets out of line can get out of the pool.
The Kremlin press pool is like so many institutions in Russia that have the trappings of a Western-style pluralistic society but operate under a different set of understandings, part of what analyst Lilia Shevtsova of the Carnegie Moscow Center calls "the illusion of democracy." Television channels air newscasts with fancy graphics but follow scripts approved by the Kremlin. Elections are held, but candidates out of favor with the Kremlin are often knocked off the ballot. Courts conduct trials, but the state almost never loses. Parliament meets but only to rubber-stamp Kremlin legislation.
Just sayin':(
Some of the pundits have brought up the fact that the McCain campaign banned NBC from their plane. While this is true, it is not a fair comparison. If McCain was going to ban a network that asked them tough questions, was condescending, and tried to put them in a bad light, they would have to ban
EVERYONE except FOX. They only singled out NBC because of their conduct.
The O'Bidens get one direct interview and they immediately boycott that station. Looks like if they were in Russia....they would have to leave the pool.