Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say

[DonViejo]

Source: Bloomberg



by Irina Reznik , Stepan Kravchenko , and Ilya Arkhipov
February 16, 2017, 9:28 AM EST

The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump, reflecting a growing concern among senior Russian officials that the new U.S. administration will be less friendly than first thought, three people familiar with the matter said.

The order comes amid a growing chorus of anti-Russian sentiment in Washington, where U.S. spy and law-enforcement agencies are conducting multiple investigations to determine the full extent of contacts Trump’s advisers had with Russia during and after the 2016 election campaign.

Vladimir Putin’s administration justified the decision to curb coverage of Trump by saying that Russian viewers no longer find details of his transition to power interesting, according to one of the people. In reality, some of the most popular TV segments on Trump touched on ideas the Kremlin would rather not promote, such as his pledge to “drain the swamp,” the person said.

“They won’t pour buckets of criticism on Trump, they just won’t talk about him much,” Konstantin von Eggert, a political commentator for TV Rain, Russia’s only independent channel, said by phone. “The fate of Russia-American relations is much less predictable than it was just a few weeks ago.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-16/kremlin-said-to-tell-media-to-cut-back-on-fawning-trump-coverage

[underpants]

1. (Office gossip) I dunno, they sure seem to be at the coffee station together a lot

Not saying, just saying

[Nitram]

2. Pass the popcorn.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Putin propped tRump up to destabilize, now pulling plug to destabilize.

Putin's goal is to destabilize USA so he can have a freer hand in Europe and the Middle East. He is also trying to destabilize France and Germany by interfering and hacking in their elections now.

Putin will leak stuff tRump really really doesn't want leaked when tRump is no longer useful to Putin.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Yep - Mission Accomplished (nt)

[Shell_Seas]

7. I was just thinking this very morning

What is Russia's end game? What is their plan?

That make sense.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. They finally realized that they were too obvious.

[Turbineguy]

5. It's a little too obvious.

A slightly more subtle approach is needed.

[tavernier]

8. The fogged up car at Lover's Lane

was a dead give-away?

[elmac]

9. Too late comrades

your commie goose is cooked

[FairWinds]

10. This "fawning" may well be going on . .

with respect to most of Russian state TV.

But it is not true of RT - they have been really
tough on Trump, more so than the MSM.

[Maeve]

11. Buyer's remorse eom

[louis-t]

12. Honeymoon is ovahhh.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. "Obvious puppeteers are too obvious, guys."

In other words.

[TomCADem]

14. In Traditional Bunraku, You Are Expected To Ignore The Puppeteer...

You are not truly appreciating the art form if you busy focusing on the Russians pulling Trump's strings.

[dalton99a]

15. "Ok, let's not be so obvious"