freedom of press in Russia

[William Ryan]

I agree. I was disgusted when I first saw this 'newspaper' in Moscow. It 
is a scurrilous rag apparently aimed at the vodka-swilling, bed-hopping 
end of the ex-pat business community, with political comment at a 
comparable level.
Even so, the 'auditing' process is a regrettable development.
Will Ryan


Dustin Hosseini wrote:
> Just two thoughts... 
>
> 1) Have you read the content of this newspaper?  It's more along the lines
> of yellow journalism than news. 
>
> 2) When will Westerners, or at least my fellow Americans, quit demanding
> that Russia raise it's standards on freedom of speech on par with that of
> the United States?  
>
> People in the U.S. occasionally seem to air a certain duplicity on freedom
> of speech: one can say whatever one likes, as long as it doesn't hurt
> someone else.  If one says something another person doesn't like, many
> people will shun and even criticize that person until he or she see finally
> admits they were wrong... or not quite right.        
>
> So that's freedom of speech, but at a less than attractive trade off.  
>
> Different culture, different values, different people.  By no means better
> or worse, just different in its own right.  
>
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