tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post8263377992892538394..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Another Original LR Translation: Good Morning, Vladimir Vladimiriovich! -- by our Original TranslatorLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-79974410197137483412008-03-31T00:25:00.000-04:002008-03-31T00:25:00.000-04:00Anonymous: Posner was a propagandist for the Sovi...Anonymous: Posner was a propagandist for the Soviet Union and is still an active apologist for Russian authoritarianism, especially as it relates to free speech. In his most recent interview on Echo of Moscow, he repeatedly invoked Oliver Wendell Holme's comparison of someone yelling "fire" in a crowded theater to justify repression of liberal views in Russia. Pozner's father was also a spy for the Soviet Union, a fact for which he has shown no embarassment whatsoever. I for one would not welcome his immigration to the U.S., and I think the YeZh article above makes it pretty plain that genuine pro-democracy advocates in Russia do not welcome him in their midst either.<BR/><BR/>What Pozner is really trying to do is stake out a position at the outer liberal edge of what is allowed on state-run TV, because he knows it will be good for his ratings and might get some people to start watching Russian TV again who had long ago given up on it. He does not, however, want any competition from real liberal commentators. Hence, he is as wedded to the system of censorship as the other Vladimir Vladimirovich, and will never be an advocate of abandoning it altogether.<BR/><BR/>As for your idiotic ramblings about the war in Iraq, U.S. presidential approval ratings and Whoopi Goldberg, I think even the most casual observer can see they are nothing but the pathetic "so's your old man" reaction most Russians have given for centuries to any kind criticism from the West -- and certainly not worthy of any direct response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-53995090299571433812008-03-30T23:20:00.000-04:002008-03-30T23:20:00.000-04:00That story I saw on "60 Minutes" about torture at ...That story I saw on "60 Minutes" about torture at Guantenemo was produced by.... a Russian TV channel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-11501826072747121492008-03-30T20:07:00.000-04:002008-03-30T20:07:00.000-04:00Sure Posner doesn't like Russian freedom of speech...Sure Posner doesn't like Russian freedom of speech! His ideal is the country where 25% approval rate for its President doesn't preclude him from sending more troops to death. The V.P., asked by a journalist if public opinion is important in making such decision makings said, "So?" Prompted to elaborate he explained that the fluctuations in public opinion are ignored by the Administration. <BR/>And, of course, there is a matter of "embedded" reporters in Iraq. Woopy Goldberg recently said on The View that for four out of five years of war they, the reporters, were not allowed to discuss the Iraq War at all. The "Politically incorrect" was axed. The CBS lost Dan Rather, and I suggest Mr. Posner comes back here and tests the American freedom. I don't think he will last a day! But he still, with all his venomous rantings, is having his own program on the state run TV station. Surprising, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com