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The Russian answer to the credit crisis

Written by Matt B First published 09/12

The Russian answer to the credit crisis has been to paint the windows black and tell them the train is still moving judging by the output from profy.com. While it is not all bad there has been significant attention given to the press.

It looks like here in Russia the authorities have already figured out how to cope with financial crisis by influencing opinions of people living in the country. writes Svetlana Gladkova on profy.com [...] the government has been trying to pretend that the crisis is not here and the government is perfectly prepared to help businesses cope with the crisis. Unfortunately, the measures that the government has been undertaking here have not been efficient enough and everyone now understands that many industries have already been affected - and many more will follow.

However before you cry censorship Gladkova tells us that publications distributing information that is not reliable and can damage the financial situation will face appropriate penalties. Which sounds like sound reasoning in a time of mass panic.

However, with so many other controls being pushed in the British and American population (and others I have no doubt) is it something that we would find acceptable?

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Comments

Svetlana Gladkova wrote:

It probably should not be acceptable as it does resemble censorship way too much though I myself as a reporter think we should also think about exactly how we should cover news to keep balance between causing panic with too gloomy news and making people forget they should be worried by persuading them the crisis does not exist at all. It's a fine line every reporter should choose how to handle but censorship will hardly help anyway.

10/12 08:17:32 AM

Matt B wrote:

You are right. Censorship is too heavy handed and yet unregulated panic inducement is not much better. The problem is that in the current economic situation newspaper sales are down more than normal and so they are chasing the most fizzy headlines they can get. Public service seems to come second to getting a profit on a media in decay.

11/12 02:35:35 PM

Kate wrote:

I agree with Svetlana, it shouldn't really be acceptable. I do think certain elements of the UK media are printing alarmist headlines in an attempt to boost sales, and that is a bad thing because people panic, but it would be just as bad to have falsely positive stories too. I want to know the truth, as they say, 'forewarned is forearmed', and I think most people feel the same. If we were being fed a rosy vision of the economy any downturn would have worse repercussions because the population wouldn't be ready for it.

12/12 03:27:46 PM

Alex wrote:

Global crisis as russians see it

The silent horror cut out words "normally and"perfectly" from our everyday conversations and pasted cautious
"while" and “so far” instead.

The former schoolmate whom I hadn’t seen for 15 years asked me not about my family and our pals but shouted the foolish request to write about “this son of a bitch, my boss, who stopped paying four months ago”. He thought that would matter. Sorry, lad, I will not write, that doesn’t makes sence. And he told me in a back – “fat bustard”. I ran away with no offence, and not being insulted, but ashamed. For what, for whom?
<a>http://ua-ru-news.blogspot....</a>

21/02 09:29:00 PM

Matt B wrote:

Kate and Svetlana Gladkova - UK news papers do seem to be getting out of hand.

Alex - pardon me?

24/02 02:38:45 PM

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