50% Good News Is the Bad News in Russian Radio

MOSCOW, April 21 - At their first meeting with journalists since taking over
Russia's largest independent radio news network, the managers had startling
news of their own: from now on, they said, at least 50 percent of the
reports about Russia must be "positive."

In addition, opposition leaders could not be mentioned on the air and the
United States was to be portrayed as an enemy, journalists employed by the
network, Russian News Service, say they were told by the new managers, who
are allies of the Kremlin.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/wo...gewanted=print
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