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Russian Journalist: Without Free Media 'Russia Will Never Rise From His Knees' (VIDEO)

First Posted: 06/06/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:05 PM ET

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VJ Movement has an interview with Pavel Sheremet, a Russian television journalist who has left the industry and written a book about censorship and press freedom in Russia.

Sheremet's book is a message to the young journalists of Russia, asking them to consider how the weakness of the Russian media points to a wider problem.

"Without free media, without free social institutions, Russia will never rise from his knees," he says "and it will remain a barbaric country that will jump from fire to fire, from revolution to war, from war back to revolution."

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VJ Movement has an interview with Pavel Sheremet, a Russian television journalist who has left the industry and written a book about censorship and press freedom in Russia. Sheremet's book is a messa...
VJ Movement has an interview with Pavel Sheremet, a Russian television journalist who has left the industry and written a book about censorship and press freedom in Russia. Sheremet's book is a messa...
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Jason Mundstuk
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02:36 AM on 04/07/2010
"His knees?" That's unusual. I hope he has life insurance.
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shthar
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09:03 PM on 04/06/2010
I think this guys dream of a multi-media conglomerate based in Russia might never rise.

But Russia, and the people in charge of it, are doing just fine.
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blogisti
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05:17 PM on 04/06/2010
Ditto for America. What America has maintained is the illusion of freedom. Anyone who has watched America in the last ten years has seen the Constitution shredded and the country taken over by oligarchs.
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Andrew Macdonald
It makes more sense then you realize
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07:43 PM on 04/06/2010
americas problem is different. the media has been free for so long that companies no longer consider that kind of free reporting a good business model so they lean it to their political gain. legally its a free media, but what people don't realize is the corporate censorship that occurs that can seem identicle in practise.
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