Freakonomics blog on the Ocetian Girl bruhaha

[watertank]

Old-Style Russian Propaganda

Two things strike me as completely bizarre about this Russian clip. First, the interview is completely pro-Russia. I can see why the Russian media might show anti-Russia TV clips to demonstrate American media bias. Wouldn’t that be simpler than what they do here?

Second, wouldn’t it be obvious to any Russian viewer that when this was originally shown in the United States, it would have been in English — and thus the coughing was dubbed in later?
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/old-style-russian-propaganda/

The same interview is considered to be Pro-Russian from the American side, and Anti-Russian from the Russian side.

Comments

[poroshin.livejournal.com]

A very unique situation indeed.