In Russia, where I grew up, the concept of a public broadcast is always cause for cynicism and suspicion, at best. State broadcasts, in all their various incarnations, are considered to be subject to the government and used as its mouthpiece. Even the failed coup in August 1991, during which state television refused to accede to the demands of the state's emergency committee and bravely continued to broadcast,...
A janitor's take on the media
Does the IBA feel the need to provide balance as a counterpoint to the janitors? To the subcontracted teachers?
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