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Putin, Champion of Press Freedom, Awards 'Objective' Journalists
Snowden Called in to Putin’s Telethon. Does That Really Make Him a Kremlin Pawn?
RT Journalist Resigns On-Air In Protest of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
A Tale of Two Star-Crossed Lovers on the Front Lines of Ukraine's Protests
Sochi Watch: Journalists, Beware -- Putin is Watching
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Putin, Champion of Press Freedom, Awards 'Objective' Journalists
It's the journalism award that dare not speak its name. On Monday, the Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree last month honoring a group of Russian reporters for the purported "objectivity"...
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Mon, May 05 2014 12:53 PM
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Snowden Called in to Putin’s Telethon. Does That Really Make Him a Kremlin Pawn?
One of the pleasures in writing about Edward Snowden is his predilection for the absurd. The NSA whistleblower abandons his dancer girlfriend for a life in exile, hides in airports, studies Dostoyevsky, appears by teleconference at a technology conference...
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Thu, Apr 04 2014 11:19 AM
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RT Journalist Resigns On-Air In Protest of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
What's the point of having a government-funded propaganda network if your journalists refuse to accept the party line? That's a question Russian President Vladimir Putin is probably asking himself right about now. On Thursday, Liz Wahl, an anchor...
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Wed, Mar 03 2014 3:55 PM
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A Tale of Two Star-Crossed Lovers on the Front Lines of Ukraine's Protests
Lida Pankiv is a journalist and anti-government protester in Kiev, and in December she found herself in a most unusual situation one the front lines of the Ukrainian capital's anti-government protests. Along with a friend, Pankiv inserted herself...
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Sat, Feb 02 2014 1:59 PM
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Sochi Watch: Journalists, Beware -- Putin is Watching
The emerging surveillance state that is the Sochi Winter Olympics is shaping up to be a bleak place for journalists covering the games. In an effort to project a positive image of President Vladimir Putin's massive pet project -- otherwise known as...
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Tue, Jan 01 2014 4:38 AM
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This Croatian Group Has Had Enough of Bob Dylan's Racism
Bob Dylan may be an icon of the American civil rights movement, but that hasn't stopped a Croatian community group in France from suing the folk singer over allegedly racist comments he made last year. With songs like "The Lonesome Death of Hattie...
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Mon, Dec 12 2013 11:44 AM
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Marina Berlusconi: Feminist Icon?
He's been counted down-and-out prematurely before , so those predicting that a decision on a tax-fraud conviction -- slated to come down from Italy's Supreme Court as early as Thursday -- will finally spell the end for the resilient Silvio Berlusconi...
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Wed, Jul 07 2013 3:40 PM
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The Strange Letter That Has France Asking, 'Use Me?'
On Monday, France's Le Monde newspaper published a letter that has left many amused -- and others utterly confused. Investigators found the handwritten, undated letter, allegedly from current IMF chief Christine Lagarde to former French President...
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Tue, Jun 06 2013 3:20 PM
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The Texan who stole the show at Margaret Thatcher's funeral
After being carried through the streets of London in a flag-draped coffin aboard a gun carriage, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest this morning in St. Paul's Cathedral. But the big story of the day wasn't Maggie...
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Wed, Apr 04 2013 11:40 AM
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Margaret Thatcher's legacy -- in political cartoons
Margaret Thatcher's death on Monday has prompted a great deal of reflection on the Iron Lady's many legacies. But one in particular has been less explored: the former British prime minister's recurring appearance in political cartoons. "She...
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Tue, Apr 04 2013 2:10 PM
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Vatican blocks access to site documenting clergy sex abuse
With the papal conclave expected to convene early next week , the Vatican has torn a page out of the Chinese playbook for stifling dissent, blocking access to a prominent website, bishopaccountability.org , that documents cases of clergy abuse. According...
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Fri, Mar 03 2013 8:03 AM
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Murdoch attacked with a foam pie during testimony
Today's proceedings were interrupted for ten minutes after a man who was sitting in the fourth row of the audience " calmly walked up " to Rupert Murdoch and splattered him with a foam pie, yelling "Greedy." Murdoch's wife...
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Tue, Jul 07 2011 9:25 AM
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‘This the most humble day of my career’: 5 key moments from Murdoch’s first hour of testimony
The room where the Murdochs are currently testifying looks more like a place you'd hold a school board meeting rather than a parliamentary committee hearing. Murdoch is very low energy and seems to not have a firm grasp of all the information being...
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Tue, Jul 07 2011 7:39 AM
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Who’s in the audience at Rupert Murdoch’s hearing today?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 There are only 40 seats in the audience of the committee hearing room where Murdoch is testifying. And the Guardian reporter staking out the scene had this interesting observation...
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Tue, Jul 07 2011 6:51 AM
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Everything on the line for Murdoch today
For Rupert Murdoch, the three hours he'll spend in a small, "bland" committee room across from the House of Commons today, answering tough questions from MPs about phone-hacking and police-bribing within his company, is just about the most...
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Tue, Jul 07 2011 6:30 AM
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