A side effect of publishing our investigation into the corrupt ties between Deripaska and Prikhodko was that it revealed a new configuration of the Russian media’s “double solid line.”
Let me remind you that the term came from an epic statement by RBC’s shady management, which replaced the good management that oligarch Prokhorov destroyed and drove out as a favor to the Kremlin.
Beyond the “double solid line” are topics that are forbidden to publish.
I’m not even going to discuss the total silence of state media or outlets with a long history of being propaganda rags. Let’s look instead at those that claim to have a largely independent editorial policy.
Vedomosti — 0 news stories. But they published a piece on “Deripaska’s denial” immediately.
RBC — 0 news stories. But they published a piece on “Deripaska’s denial” immediately.
Kommersant — 0 news stories.
Novaya Gazeta — 0 news stories.
Yesterday on air, I said that TV Rain and Republic hadn’t published anything. But TV Rain did eventually put out one news item at 7:30 p.m. Republic still has 0 news stories, though a column appeared in the morning.
There cannot be any real, technical, or editorial reason for this: the story is good enough for Washington Post or The Telegraph, but not for RBC or Kommersant?
Very interesting—and, of course, a new reality.
“I knew things would get bad, but I didn’t know it would happen so soon.” (quote)
This also relates to my debate with various media owners who criticized the part of my platform saying that oligarchs in Russia should be restricted in their right to own media outlets. They raise plenty of abstract objections, but real life looks like this.
Oligarchs are evil. Oligarchs who own media outlets are doubly evil.
So once again: no one will help us bring the truth to the people except ourselves. So share the video however you can. It matters.
If you prefer offline campaigning, here is a special leaflet about this investigation.
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