Comments on: Editorial: I Appear on Al-Jazeera

By: solar sun

solar sun — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:01:53 +0000

In a revelation revealed in the Madrid train bombing trial it was revealed that an Al Jazeeera journalist who reported on Chechen terrorist camps in Afghanistan (although they neglect to mention the Chechen part) while travelling to conduct interviews was himself transferring funds to terrorist there presumably on behalf of the dictator in Qatar.

By: Putvedev is Russia’s White Rider | Sublime Oblivion

Putvedev is Russia’s White Rider | Sublime Oblivion — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:39:35 +0000

[...] St.-Petersburg, in the same month that the article was written. But as I’ve pointed out many, many, many times, these folks are by and large jokers who enjoy no support from mainstream Russian [...]

By: Fedia Kriukov

Fedia Kriukov — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:42:00 +0000

Stalker, thanks for posting this.

However, I can’t help but feel that Al-Jazeera used you to lend credibility to an otherwise propagandistic piece. They spent 10 min on propaganda, gave you 45 seconds total time, and the questions they asked you to answer had no relation to the piece they were actually doing on Russia. But now they can claim that they were “balanced”.

By: stalker

stalker — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:20:00 +0000

@giuseppe,

Sadly true. Anybody who's anti-Putin and pays lip-service to democracy/freedom/HR (as the NatsBols have started doing since around 2005) will be morally supported.

@oleg,

If anything al-Jazeera is worse. At least the Western press very rarely falls into the trap of making outright false statements. Whereas al-Jazeera does quite brazenly by claiming Messr. Gromov was singled out by being sentenced to 3 yrs imprisonment, whereas in fact 6 other participants received similar sentences.

By: Oleg Nevestin

Oleg Nevestin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:44:00 +0000

Good comment, Stalker. As for the whole Al-Jazeera PR stunt, they appear to learn fast from their Western mentors, mimicking quite well the very worst that US-European media has to offer. Making martyrs out of this Nazi-Bolshevik scum is always extremely entertaining, to me at least. Few hours in jail…yeah, Putin is cruel dictator, my ass.

By: Giuseppe Flavio

Giuseppe Flavio — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:47:00 +0000

Just a comment about Western press and a specific Russian opposition politician, Edward Limonov. This man is too embarrassing for Western audience, so that he is hardly mentioned by the media and is practically unknown in the West, unlike Kasparov.
Years ago you could read some rare articles about him and his National-Bolshevik party often accusing him being on the Kremlin payroll and doing a “fake opposition”. After joining the Other Russia movement he disappeared from the media. But now some peoples, like Mr. Amsterdam, think that enough time has passed.