UPDATE: The former U.S.S.R. takes the journalistic high road – 9/8/12
Dear All,
The folks at GATA are reporting that Bill Murphy's broadcast interview by Lauren Lyster on RT (Russia Today) — which has 200 million subscribers has gone a bit viral, according to RT. Please check out the interview (brought to you by the central media outlet of the former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic) and take note of the moment. A Fourth Estate power passage is underway; Serious content, intelligence, editorial balance, journalistic courage, and controversial interviews on taboo subjects are increasingly the purview of eastern media. With its growing and increasingly educated middle classes, Asian broadcasters are setting the standard for first-class reporting just as western institutions have relinquished their independence and abused and diluted their editorial prestige; pandering to dumbed-down U.S. media consumers with trivial content and left-wing ideology.
Incidentally, RT is premiering a very promising new series worth paying attention to: RT: “Breaking the Set'
If you enjoy Bill's interview, please help spread the virus.
Jeff
2012-09-09 01:51:45
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