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> By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now That's

> By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza: > Meduza (Russian: Медуза, lit. 'jellyfish')[2][3] is a Russian- and English-language independent[7] news website, based in Latvia.

bvrmn 5y ago
> That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia It's relocated to Latvia and founded by a former main editor of lenta.ru (a pretty big news agency) after it was raided by government.
aasasd 5y ago
Another such shocker is that WikiLeaks is not based in the US.
jimothyhalpert7 5y ago
How is that ironic?
aix1 5y ago
Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison[1]. It is not at all surprising that an independent news outlet reporting on and for Russia would choose to be based in a different, but nearby jurisdiction. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-law-threatening-15-years-in-jail-for-spreading-fake-information-about-the-military-12557176 https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-la...
- abc789654567 5y ago
  >Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison. Yes, sure, in a democratic country it's absolutely impossible that a person reporting things that disagree with the official govt line may spend even a single day in prison. Julian Assange can confirm.
  - williamtwild 5y ago
    - abc789654567 5y ago
      >Assange is a puppet of Russia Sure. As well as Snowden and Manning. And anybody else who disagrees with the official govt line. They all are Russian actors. That's how democracy works.
  - jimmydorry 5y ago
    I'm not sure why you worded this in such a combative manner? It is undeniably true that any government comprised of humans will move to conceal or shut-up inconvenient sources of truth that make their actions look bad.
    - Const-me 5y ago
      I agree. I recently read the book "American Muckraker" by James O'Keefe. It has quite a few examples of that in modern US. Based on unconfirmed rumors, similar things do happen here in Montenegro as well.
  - ViViDboarder 5y ago
    In the US plenty of news agencies have reported on leaked information that the government wasn’t fond of without being imprisoned. The case with Assange is a bit special as he sought out and helped people steal and release information that they were not permitted to release. If he made an effort to truly remain separate from the sourcing of information, as most reputable reporting agencies do, then he’d likely not be in prison. Look at the release of the Pentagon Papers.
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bvrmn 5y ago

> That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia It's relocated to Latvia and founded by a former main editor of lenta.ru (a pretty big news agency) after it was raided by government.

aasasd 5y ago

Another such shocker is that WikiLeaks is not based in the US.

jimothyhalpert7 5y ago

How is that ironic?

aix1 5y ago

Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison[1]. It is not at all surprising that an independent news outlet reporting on and for Russia would choose to be based in a different, but nearby jurisdiction. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-law-threatening-15-years-in-jail-for-spreading-fake-information-about-the-military-12557176 https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-la...

abc789654567 5y ago
>Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison. Yes, sure, in a democratic country it's absolutely impossible that a person reporting things that disagree with the official govt line may spend even a single day in prison. Julian Assange can confirm.
- williamtwild 5y ago
  - abc789654567 5y ago
    >Assange is a puppet of Russia Sure. As well as Snowden and Manning. And anybody else who disagrees with the official govt line. They all are Russian actors. That's how democracy works.
- jimmydorry 5y ago
  I'm not sure why you worded this in such a combative manner? It is undeniably true that any government comprised of humans will move to conceal or shut-up inconvenient sources of truth that make their actions look bad.
  - Const-me 5y ago
    I agree. I recently read the book "American Muckraker" by James O'Keefe. It has quite a few examples of that in modern US. Based on unconfirmed rumors, similar things do happen here in Montenegro as well.
- ViViDboarder 5y ago
  In the US plenty of news agencies have reported on leaked information that the government wasn’t fond of without being imprisoned. The case with Assange is a bit special as he sought out and helped people steal and release information that they were not permitted to release. If he made an effort to truly remain separate from the sourcing of information, as most reputable reporting agencies do, then he’d likely not be in prison. Look at the release of the Pentagon Papers.

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