3 ms·

Did anyone else notice how refreshing this kind of reporting feels after being used to what the mainstream media feeds us? This story is low-key, trying to pre

by jwr 13y ago

Did anyone else notice how refreshing this kind of reporting feels after being used to what the mainstream media feeds us? This story is low-key, trying to present all aspects, trying to stay objective -- it's been a long time since I read something like this from a journalist.

sekasi 13y ago
This. So much this. The article is not trying to drum dramatics or hype or anything that western media is brainwashed to do with everything. It's just simple, honest and very brutal.
danieldk 13y ago
It's not that different how the media in my home country (The Netherlands, e.g. 'Nieuwsuur') have been reporting in Syria and are starting to report Ukraine - in the trenches, literally on the fronts, following and interviewing people on both sides. Of course, everyone already knew that CNN and others are garbage. If the reality doesn't align with their great capitalism fairytale where Bono is the pinnacle of humanism, they will make it fit ;).
pgeorgi 13y ago
Reading the report, I can't say it's objective - on the contrary it's rather biased, but it doesn't try to conceal it. That alone made it more useful reporting for me than many other things I've read about the situation recently where I had to try to figure out what the hidden bias is (and account for it appropriately).
adobriyan 13y ago
Note, he wrote story in English to make it repostable in western internets, so to influence public opinion in necessary way, namely, "people came out against Yanukovich". You know, kinda push our western friends to intervene.
- dmytrish 13y ago
  I follow Varlamov's elucidation of the events and I must say that his blog is very influential in Russian segment of the internet and it deserves this. So he published the translation after multiple requests.
tomh 13y ago
Keep in mind that it is a combination of the last few posts he's made in Russian, each one trying to deliver an impartial message of what is going on in Kiev. His previous post was even entitled, "Maidan through the eyes of the police and Berkut" so he is trying to be as impartial as he can: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984379.html http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984379.html

by jwr 13y ago

sekasi 13y ago

This. So much this. The article is not trying to drum dramatics or hype or anything that western media is brainwashed to do with everything. It's just simple, honest and very brutal.

danieldk 13y ago

It's not that different how the media in my home country (The Netherlands, e.g. 'Nieuwsuur') have been reporting in Syria and are starting to report Ukraine - in the trenches, literally on the fronts, following and interviewing people on both sides. Of course, everyone already knew that CNN and others are garbage. If the reality doesn't align with their great capitalism fairytale where Bono is the pinnacle of humanism, they will make it fit ;).

pgeorgi 13y ago

Reading the report, I can't say it's objective - on the contrary it's rather biased, but it doesn't try to conceal it. That alone made it more useful reporting for me than many other things I've read about the situation recently where I had to try to figure out what the hidden bias is (and account for it appropriately).

adobriyan 13y ago

Note, he wrote story in English to make it repostable in western internets, so to influence public opinion in necessary way, namely, "people came out against Yanukovich". You know, kinda push our western friends to intervene.

dmytrish 13y ago
I follow Varlamov's elucidation of the events and I must say that his blog is very influential in Russian segment of the internet and it deserves this. So he published the translation after multiple requests.

tomh 13y ago

Keep in mind that it is a combination of the last few posts he's made in Russian, each one trying to deliver an impartial message of what is going on in Kiev. His previous post was even entitled, "Maidan through the eyes of the police and Berkut" so he is trying to be as impartial as he can: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984379.html http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984379.html