5 Comments

1. Mr Ed says:
   November 26, 2012 at 4:48 pm

   Fascinating, not unlike Reagan, the rhetoric is there, even if the reality differs. I need to look at some stats for Russia.
2. NickM says:
   November 27, 2012 at 12:21 am

   Cats,
   You are quoting from Pravda? Seriously, from Tsar Vladimir’s in-house propaganda rag?

   Jesus wept.
3. CountingCats says:
   November 27, 2012 at 6:36 am

   Nick,

   That it is from Pravda is the entire point.
4. Single Acts of Tyranny says:
   November 27, 2012 at 10:31 am

   Some of the Russian stuff is okay. RT is worth watching for foreign news. They mostly stay off Russian coverage on account of not wanting to be murdered I suspect. But ‘capital account’ with Lauren Lyster* is excellent financial reporting and their coverage of Syria is the alternate version of the Western news. That and there is no celeb dross or marketing disguised as news.

   * O/T but very agreeable indeed.
5. Paul Marks says:
   November 28, 2012 at 1:39 am

   Russian Television is a complex mixture of truth and lies (not mistakes - actual lies).

   I remember doing a post on Max Keiser pointing this out.

   As for Putin - he is, of course, no free market person.

   He attacks any businessman who does not play ball with him - if Obama had as much power as Putin the Koch brothers would already be in prison (or worse).

   Also Putin is a big spending - although that is true of just about every government on Earth.

   However, (and here is the mistake that a lot of people make) because Pravda is lying about Putin - it does not mean they are lying about everything. Just as RT can lie about some things - and tell the truth about other things (mixing it all together).

   Their account of Barack Obama (even if presented as a semijoke) is actually close to the mark.