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Rice Makes an Impression
April 22nd, 2005 at 10:56 Björn Hallberg
Though perhaps not what she had hoped. Total Misunderstanding? Can Condoleezza Rice speak Russian?
Condoleezza Rice and her interviewer in the studio of Echo Moskvy didn�t understand each other even when discussing the only non-political question. Alexei Venediktov asked the state secretary if she is going to run for president in 2008. �Da� (Yes) she said in Russian, but then immediately realized that she most likely misunderstood the question. She hurried to correct herself and said the word �Nyet� (No) seven times.
Verbal gaffes aside, Rice seems to have her conservative mind set. The arrogant tone that she strikes obviously upsets people. And the facts that she presents continue to be of questionable quality. For example, state-owned is suddenly a bad thing in journalism. As opposed to the ‘good’ US journalism that is operated by the likes of Rupert Murdoch.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, Pravda editorial staff and author of the Pravda article above notes that …
The answer: "We are afraid we cannot give you any guidelines as you request. You will have to write the truth, after checking your sources, obviously", or words to this effect every time the question is posed.
Also, even more importantly …
In many parts of the world, the UK (BBC) and Sweden (SVT, SR) for instance, public service — or state-owned media — is held in high esteem. At the end of the day it works just as well, probably better, than Fox, CNN and whatever they have in the US. Does the state sometimes interfere? Yes, just like they do with private media. But the fact that their is little or no profit involved does make for better reporting in state media. Just look at what has come out of the BBC in terms of documentaries.
But obviously, in Corporate America, state ownership is taboo. There is no profit in that.
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