Taibbi’s eXile was one of the best newspapers ever printed in Russia. Other Moscow journos were hating it, one American journo girl even threatened a gangland hit on the authors.
most of the worst villains in the eXile's hall of shame are Americans, and it is a theme throughout the book that once Americans are in any way freed from the usual constraints on their behavior, they are the most corrupt, scaly lizard-beasts one can find anywhere. Even an ordinary suburbanite, once she lands in Russia, winds up threatening gangland hits on the authors [...].
And it could happen here, if we ever cease to keep an eye on each other, on our elected officials,and on our press. For, as Taibbi notes with dismay, ... today's "reporters," at least in the western press in Moscow, have become "a bunch of corrupt, cheerleading patsies," largely because there is no longer any competition between papers, magazines, networks, what have you, and thus there's no one paying attention to the accuracy, fairness, or relevance of what is coming out of those Moscow bureaus - and thus no reason for western journalists in Moscow to work very hard at all.
I'm not surprised that most of the people featured in the book are Americans. The local press and authorities wine and dine"big important American journalist" because they believe it will get them more access to American investment. On the flip side, the journalist now believes themselves to be somebody important in a land where important people can do about anything they want.
Taibbi’s eXile was one of the best newspapers ever printed in Russia. Other Moscow journos were hating it, one American journo girl even threatened a gangland hit on the authors.
https://www.amazon.com/Exile-Sex-Drugs-Libel-Russia/dp/0802136524 See review by K.M.Sherrod (currently the 1st one):
most of the worst villains in the eXile's hall of shame are Americans, and it is a theme throughout the book that once Americans are in any way freed from the usual constraints on their behavior, they are the most corrupt, scaly lizard-beasts one can find anywhere. Even an ordinary suburbanite, once she lands in Russia, winds up threatening gangland hits on the authors [...].
And it could happen here, if we ever cease to keep an eye on each other, on our elected officials,and on our press. For, as Taibbi notes with dismay, ... today's "reporters," at least in the western press in Moscow, have become "a bunch of corrupt, cheerleading patsies," largely because there is no longer any competition between papers, magazines, networks, what have you, and thus there's no one paying attention to the accuracy, fairness, or relevance of what is coming out of those Moscow bureaus - and thus no reason for western journalists in Moscow to work very hard at all.
I'm not surprised that most of the people featured in the book are Americans. The local press and authorities wine and dine"big important American journalist" because they believe it will get them more access to American investment. On the flip side, the journalist now believes themselves to be somebody important in a land where important people can do about anything they want.