Following up on the topic of Russian state media, here's a well-written Times article (how rare is that?) citing several recent examples of the Russian state interfering with the supposedly free press, most recently one news outlet's chief having to resign after the website released an interview with one of Ukraine's leaders (deemed an extremist/terrorist by the Russian government).
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/europe/russia-reins-in-another-news-organization.html "Godfather" fans might recall the expression "hitting the mattresses," a reference to hiding out when the pressure is on. What I'm hearing from friends a hemisphere away is a tendency to flee the cities right now. Many Russian families have a "dacha" which is little more than a Unabomber-sized shack or, if you must, a summer home. Often lacking in amenities and creature comforts, dachas are in very remote locations in the woods or near lakes. In short, people are heading to their dachas well ahead of the summer season, because when trouble brews in Russia, it hits the cities first. If I'm bureau chief of CNN, BBC, or any news organization with a Eurasia contingent, I'm trying right now to get as many contacts as I can in those cities, shipping in sat. phones and laptops with Skype capability, because the media's going to have a blackout soon, and that's when things are going to get real over there. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:16 PM, stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > In Charlotte, TWC has RT in a weird purgatory above the digital sub > channels. > > Next week, we're moving to TWC's "National Channel Lineup" and RT isn't > going to survive the move. > > (as an aside, TWC's National Channel Lineup is an attempt to make all the > digital channels above 99 the same, no matter what TWC affiliate you're > watching) > > -Stan > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
