Putin spokesman: US has 'serious problems' with press freedom as Justice Department probes Russia
Source: Washington Examiner
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says inquiries by the Justice Department into Russia-funded news outlets show that U.S. press freedom is in decline.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to a reported investigation into the Sputnik news outlet. A fired White House correspondent says he gave the FBI thousands of internal emails showing it's illegally operating as an unregistered propagandist.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to a reported investigation into the Sputnik news outlet. A fired White House correspondent says he gave the FBI thousands of internal emails showing it's illegally operating as an unregistered propagandist.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/putin-spokesman-us-has-serious-problems-with-press-freedom-as-justice-department-probes-russia-funded-news/article/2634280
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JHan
(10,173 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)Russia has a poor reputation for respecting political free expression, but Peskov said the Justice Department's actions contrast with Russia's treatment of the press.
"No censorship is allowed" in Russia, he said, news agency TASS reports, and "foreign media outlets are absolutely equalized in their rights with our domestic media outlets."
No, we don't censor our journalists, we just kill them.
JHan
(10,173 posts)dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Afromania
(2,770 posts)Oh yea, in a place where opposition journalists take polonium-210 to the head, and everything else, on a regular basis.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)US ranks 43 out of 180.
Russia ranks 148 out of 180, below such esteemed defenders of human rights like extremist hot-house Pakistan, actual full-blown dictatorship Zimbabwe and slavery-loving Qatar.