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Thread #138794   Message #3178563
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Jun-11 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Russian Propaganda, Here? Suceeding?
Subject: RE: BS: Russian Propaganda, Here? Suceeding?
Sawzaw has nailed an interesting news service. AlJazeera has details missed by BBCNews channel, not a fault of BBC, but reporters are sometimes in different places and get different aspects of a story.
The attack on Bin Laden is a case in point. Aljazeera was first, using their own or Pakistani cameras (I don't remember all the details), and showed over-the-fence pictures of the Seals scurrying around working on the downed helicopter. In the studio, one of their female reporters honestly said she didn't know what was happening.
CTV showed bits of the Pakistani coverage, but I never did see the Seal activity on their newscasts.

The Russian channel is also available here, but it is largely publicity for Russian business and government. As noted by Sawsaw, it is trying to sell the viewer on the country.