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BainsBane

(54,092 posts)
2. Do you not care he's a thief and an autocrat?
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 09:36 PM
Feb 2015

Do you admire the fact he is a thief or an autocrat? Or are you one of those people who chooses to believe only what you want, and for some reason you have decided Putin himself has greater credibility than the evidence supporting the points made in the film and Frontline's decades long history as a first-rate documentary program?

Is there some reason you can't watch the program yourself and offer your own critique? I watched the program. Just become someone else puts their opinion in writing doesn't mean it substitutes for my own, and it certainly doesn't substitute for the fact you can't bother to offer one yourself.

The charges against Putin are based on documents from Russian police investigations. Do they have the same conformist spirit? Is that why the investigators have been exiled, imprisoned, or killed?

Frontline, "Putin's Way" [View all] BainsBane Feb 2015 OP
Hatchet job on Putin only demonstrates the conformist spirit permeating US journalism -OpEd News newthinking Feb 2015 #1
Do you not care he's a thief and an autocrat? BainsBane Feb 2015 #2
I care about false / distorted narratives in the media; especially ones that try to push us to war newthinking Feb 2015 #3
Thank you. There is no doubt that some think if they keep putting out the same snappyturtle Feb 2015 #4
"They" is me, one person BainsBane Feb 2015 #15
The program is not propaganda about Russia or "other cultures" BainsBane Feb 2015 #5
PBS-TV’s Frontline Misrepresents Russia’s Vladimir Putin newthinking Feb 2015 #6
Plus a million. polly7 Feb 2015 #9
"The film fails to mention that Chechnya was part of Russia" BainsBane Feb 2015 #11
This is one of the best posts I've seen in a long time. uhnope Feb 2015 #23
Frontline makes a compelling case against Putin Red Knight Feb 2015 #7
Thank god for the Koch Brothers jakeXT Feb 2015 #8
That is what you think constitutes evidence BainsBane Feb 2015 #10
No, I wasn't commenting on it jakeXT Feb 2015 #13
You clearly don't watch Frontline BainsBane Feb 2015 #14
No, they don't BainsBane Feb 2015 #12
Yes, but some don't believe it's true: freshwest Feb 2015 #16
I will BainsBane Feb 2015 #17
Yes, it's disinformation central. Drop me a line if you get a chance. freshwest Feb 2015 #18
I hear you Bains sheshe2 Feb 2015 #19
Poor Homophobic Putin.. LOL @ the usual suspects coming to his rescue.. Cha Feb 2015 #20
They enjoy those cold winters, huh? Mahalo, Cha! freshwest Feb 2015 #21
Thank you for the link, fresh! I posted your cross post and told napkinz we needed an update! Cha Feb 2015 #22
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