John McCain in Pravda.ru

[Irina Rodimtseva]

Ben,

Thank you for sharing the link. Did you notice that when Hayes is talking about the Pravda of the Soviet times, they are showing Pionerskaya Pravda, albeit with a picture of Stalin and the announcement of his death? Hilarious!

Irina Rodimtseva

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Benjamin Rifkin 
  To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
  Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:09
  Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] John McCain in Pravda.ru


  Dear SEELANGers:


  Matt Taibbi, a journalist at Rolling Stone who lived in Moscow for a number of years, was interviewed last night on MSNBC on this very topic.  Here's the clip:


  http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/53057191#53057191


  In short, Pravda ain't what it used to be.  And it wasn't Pravda then either, so to speak.  (Of course.)


  I remember the old joke about the guy who goes up to the kiosk, Soviet era, to buy a newspaper:


  – Есть «Правда»?
  – «Правды» нет.
  – А «Советская Россия»?
  – Продана.
  – А что есть?
  – Только «Труд» за 2 копейки.


  Best wishes,


  Ben Rifkin
  The College of New Jersey




  On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM, George Kalbouss <kalbouss at MAC.COM> wrote:


    A question has arisen from my colleagues in Political Science regarding John McCain's recent
    letter published in Pravda.ru excoriating Vladimir Putin.    This is  not Pravda, as I gather, the 
    Communist Party publication, but an internet publication bearing almost
    the same name.

    The question, simply, is, "do Russians read Pravda.ru?" -- in other words, did McCain reach
    any Russians buy publishing it there?    If you were to advise McCain, where
    would you recommend his letter be published so that the majority of Russian citizens could
    see it (assuming, of course, it would be published)?

    Thanks,

    George Kalbouss
    The Ohio State University

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