8 Russian reporters resign in protest

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Source: AP

MOSCOW (AP) -- 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.

The reported policy by the Russian News Service, which provides news broadcasts to Russia's most popular radio network and runs its own station, heightens concerns over President Vladimir Putin's moves to increasingly bring mass media under state control or influence.



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Here he goes again. Putin.
The worst is that many in Europe respect him because of growing GDP or international weigh of his country.

Democracy is something taken into little or no account.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Back to the USSR

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Only half?

In the US, at least 90% of coverage has to be pro-Bush.

[David__77]

3. Why aren't American reporters doing the same?

Certainly, the US media is lockstep in taking government decrees as "news." Look no further than the war.