Russian Web Journalism Award to be named after Snowden

Malignant narcissistic hypocrisy, thy name is Snowden

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This takes the cake. From the country at the forefront of institutionalized oppression of journalists, featuring a massive surveillance apparatus, comes the Snowden Award for Journalistic Excellence. Not a peep from Snowden about his new host country’s behavior. And no word on when this Russian media outlet plans on an expose on Putin’s marginalization and oppression of his countryman’s journalists and media owners.

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Edward R Murrow and Cronkite’s long dead skeletons are currently spinning themselves into a bone-flinging tizzy.

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17 comments

Eclectic Cyborg May 31, 2014 2:56:10pm

Great just what that douche needs, an ego stroke.

nines09 May 31, 2014 6:09:23pm

“This on? Alright. The USSR would like to” (muffled voices and a dead air sequence).. “I would like to announce the creation of the Snowden Award for Journalistic Excellence. This award is given to…(muffled voices) awarded to the winner (muffled) journalist who most exemplifies the free press that the USS…(voices) Russian Republic has celebrated since it’s birth. We admire bravery and courage and all the information we could possibly get from a two bit whore. Can we all give a hand to this years winner of the Snowden Award For Journalistic Excellence, Vladimir Putin. Vlad? A word or two?”

Charles Johnson May 31, 2014 7:04:52pm

Bone-flinging tizzy. Aw Jeez, that sounds bad.

RealityBasedSteve May 31, 2014 7:13:58pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

Bone-flinging tizzy. Aw Jeez, that sounds bad.

but not as bad as “universe shattering announcement”.

RBS

Kragar May 31, 2014 7:16:06pm

I guess its kind of hard to name an award after any Russian journalists with Putin behind the deaths of so many of them.

jaunte May 31, 2014 7:18:33pm

I guess they’re retiring the Walter Duranty Award.

D Koch May 31, 2014 7:19:30pm

No mention of the 56 journalists assassinated in Russian during the past 20 years?

56 Journalists Killed in Russia since 1992/Motive Confirmed

No mention on how the FSB censored The Daily Show’s audio interview of a government critic.

The blogger and Kremlin critic’s conversation with the comedy show was delayed by a few hours because his weekly questioning by state monitors went long.

When the segment finally got under way, the show’s Jason Jones asked Navalny why he does it. Navalny began to respond, “If you look at Putin and all his—”

And then the mics went dead.

Navalny said the bugs in his office were likely to blame—he’s found mics and cameras hidden on the premises before.

As Jones said, “When you criticize Putin, someone is listening.”

And that “someone” may not be happy with what you have to say.

On Tuesday, Navalny was sentenced to a week in prison for participating in an antigovernment protest, a seemingly minor punishment that opens the door to worse sentences down the line.

Did ‘The Daily Show’ Really Just Catch Putin’s Spies in Action?

Amory Blaine May 31, 2014 7:26:05pm

That’s like a humanitarian award from the Taliban.

Killgore Trout May 31, 2014 7:34:36pm

Taliban: We Treated Captive Bowe Bergdahl as ‘Valued Guest’

The Taliban said Bergdahl was given a traditional Afghan turban as a parting gift before his release.

“It is war in which they kill us and we kill them, but we did whatever we could to make him happy and return with good memories,” the Taliban commander said.