New Resources on SRAS

[Josh Wilson]

Vadim, 

 

I did indeed state there that that entry would get me into some trouble. J 

 

One important thing to point out is that I don't hold up the Russian news to
be a glowing nugget of journalism. Indeed, it's a bit like living in a town
where you main options to dine out are either Burger King or Taco Bell -
neither one will leave you fully satisfied and not entirely without reason
to be digested, but you likely will come to prefer one over the other. 

 

What I say is that if to choose between the banter of CNN and the colder,
harder Vesti - I chose Vesti. If to compare many of the American sources
that deliberately try to sell themselves as unbiased but which are obviously
biased and the Russian sources which are biased but don't directly try to
evade that fact, I'll go with the Russian source. 

 

It leaves me, personally, with less of a sense of rockgut while stand in the
kitchen making dinner at night. 

 

I'll leave my response to that as SEELANGS, as the rules state, is not a
forum for political and personal debate. If anyone wishes to email me
personally with issues on this, I'll gladly hear your views about how wrong
I am on this or any other subject. J  

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

 

 

 

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sentinel76 Astrakhan
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:17 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] New Resources on SRAS

 

Josh, 

 

With all due respect, #9 in your article "12 Russian Brands" doesn't make
any sense.  Granted, it's the only "Russian brand" that I am familiar with,
and I'm grateful for this interesting information, but... Russian TV News?
Seriously?

 

Yes, I have read your explanation:

 

"Russian television news does tend towards a conservative, pro-government,
anti-US slant - however, they also don't generally purport to be unbiased.
Many editors and government officials will admit that the news is slanted
and argue that all news is opinionated in some way. I would agree with that.
Most Russians get the bulk of their news from TV, but also state in polls
that they don't trust the news; they realize that it is at least partially
propaganda." 


Doesn't it invalidate each and every advantage that Russian News has over
the American counterparts?  It's propaganda, plain and simple.  It doesn't
matter how many people "realize" that it's propaganda (do they, now?),
because it's still propaganda.  Its informational value is very low, and,
much like in the Soviet times, one has to sieve through tons of debris to
find specs of gold.

 

That's not to say American news aren't lame, they most certainly are, which
is why TV is generally a poor source of the news.  They can even be biased
(Fox, MSNBC), but still they ain't got nuthin' on Russian TV.

 

On the other hand:  thanks for all other entries.  I will look them up in
stores here in NYC.

 

Sincerely,

 

Vadim Astrakhan

www.vvinenglish.com



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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:33:21 +0400
From: jwilson at SRAS.ORG
Subject: [SEELANGS] New Resources on SRAS
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU

 

 

12 Russian Brands You Should Buy

http://students.sras.org/12-russian-brands-that-beat-out-western-competitors
/

Those of you who teach modern culture as part of your classes might find
this useful. 

 

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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