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Makaidi39 t1_je9sfiu wrote

Reply to comment by wistoon33 in U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges by tomorrow509

To do his job and report what's going on. Do you want to just be left in the dark, and just trust what ever Russia feels like reporting

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CaptStiches21 t1_jea5bvn wrote

That's a false dichotomy. Russia is sending its own citizens into a war without guns, armor, uniforms, training, first aid, etc., and is very transparent about the belief they are at war with "The West." I appreciate journalists who take dangerous assignments, but being an American in Russia and even whispering any dissent is borderline suicidal. It is probably safer on the front line. We know Russia lies, and we know they capture and torture or kill their enemies. What's left to report within the border? Which dept head "falls out of a window" this week?

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SunBlindFool t1_je9swki wrote

Russia has their own independent journalists that don't buy into the propaganda to tell us what's happening.

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Odd-Employment2517 t1_jea2l1t wrote

They aren't in many cases still living in Russia as they die under the most suspect circumstances if they do

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actuallyimbatman t1_je9zsfp wrote

so you'd rather trust a random "independent" Russian journalist over an American WSJ journalist?

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