Protest in Russia. Is it really not interesting for americans?

[texasskier.livejournal.com]

There are biggest protest actions in Russia since 1917.
I checked american newspapers. There are a lot of information about Putin's inauguration, but only few about disorders.
Is it really not interesting for americans, or american media support Putin's way to speak with nation?

p.s. Today Obama has congratulated Putin...

Comments

[jonathankorman.livejournal.com]

It's not interesting for American news media. There's a difference, isn't there?

[texasskier.livejournal.com]

It seems to be you are right.

[light-over-me.livejournal.com]

Yes that's it...and by extension many Americans therefore aren't aware it is happening. Our media doesn't cover a lot of things though. I would hope that more and more Americans begin to look elsewhere.

[pofigistiks.livejournal.com]

The biggest? 10 000 participants)))

"innocent girl" from the last picture throws a stone to the police (from 5th second):


A peaceful protest participant shoots a policeman:


In the police sprayed gas:

[texasskier.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is awfull. Both sides are stupid. But it's never happened before. Even in 90th. My question: Why it isn't covered by media?

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

What do you mean, the media are not interested?

CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/07/world/europe/russia-putin/index.html?iref=allsearch

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russias-victory-day-marked-by-persistence-of-protesters/2012/05/09/gIQA745LDU_story.html

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16885455

The Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3409296.ece

Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/08/us-russia-idUSBRE84708A20120508

Time World (analysis)
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2114257,00.html?iid=tsmodule

EuroNews
http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1508772-russian-protest-leaders-held-as-putin-medvedev-swap/

Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=268871

National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/08/putin-and-medvedev-complete-job-swap-in-russia-as-police-crack-down-on-protesters/
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/06/clashes-erupt-as-russians-protest-against-putin/

CBS News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/06/russia-protest.html

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/vladimir-putin-inaugurated-russian-president
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/09/vladimir-putin-meddling-protests?INTCMP=SRCH

Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1173942--russia-protests-opposition-leaders-detained-at-anti-putin-demonstration

Etc etc.

[light-over-me.livejournal.com]

I think the OP just means that coverage is limited in US media, not that it isn't being covered at all.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

The meme I constantly see of Russian posters adding "Americans don't care about us! Wahh!" is getting really tedious.

[fierceleaf.livejournal.com]

Alas, even if there were no falsification Putin would win in the first tour. Mob like him.

>> Today Obama has congratulated Putin

So what?

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would've been weird if he hadn't congratulated him.

"Dude, I've been waiting for your call, and you..."

"Sorry dude, I just don't think you should be president."

"Who, then?"

"I dunno. Someone else, just not you"

"All right then."

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

I don't know, is the Tea Party movement and Occupy Wall Street interesting to the Russians? Have they heard about those at all?

[fierceleaf.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've seen this on TV, but I doubt that many of us understand what that's all about.

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

To be honest I'm greatly troubled over the way the Russian government has been handling the protests.

Of course, there are a lot of things going on in the world that are troubling, it's hard to take it all in sometimes that no matter what, at some point somewhere something very unhappy is going on. There's nothing you can do about it either.

I mean what am I going to do? It used to be something that was on my mind when I was clinically depressed, and it still comes up from time to time, that there is always injustice in the world. Somewhere someone is starving, or being tortured, raped, killed, you name it. Sorry this is the final edit.

[pofigistiks.livejournal.com]

By the way, Victory Day greetings to you!

[fierceleaf.livejournal.com]

Happy Victory day, comrade!

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

С днем победы!

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

Oh, not interesting at all (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/tag/russia). ;)

[telemann.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Putin will blame all the protests on Hillary Clinton.

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

Of course. She's of the Illuminati.

[pofigistiks.livejournal.com]

No one is accusing anyone.
Enough to know the sources of funding for asset protest.

[peamasii.livejournal.com]

We're more interested in John Travolta's sex adventures than some foreign protest. Russia's government could disband and 90% of Americans wouldn't even notice.

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Tyra Banks' latest crazy-ness is much more interesting than John Travolta...

[dv8nation.livejournal.com]

Russians protesting Putin is new?

[caerfrli.livejournal.com]

To paraphrase (in a pc way)a press baron of a century ago, what's news is something that happens to a thousand people in the developing world, 100 people in Europe or one American.

[kayjayuu.livejournal.com]

Russians look like us, dress like us, have iPads and digital cameras and smart phones like us. But they talk funny and we can't read their signs. Ergo, it's difficult to have the same emotional impact in a five second attention window as, say, the OWS protests (which funny enough, look the same as these videos to me. Only with more drumming.).

If 10K people showed up, at least 5K of them were there to put clips on YouTube of the other half doing things to provoke the riot police. That's what it looked like to me -- a bunch of vultures descending on circles of billy clubs.

We're interested, it just takes too much 'splaining to make a soundbite.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

It seems a good bit more violent and chaotic than OWS.

[vehemencet-t.livejournal.com]

Well many of us don't believe you can make a difference participating in government.