Comments on: Predictable Responses to Predictable Results http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/ Russia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kolya http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28799 Kolya Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:28:03 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28799 Is Boris Jordan still close to Chubais? And what's the relationship now between Chubais and Putin? Just curious. Is Boris Jordan still close to Chubais? And what’s the relationship now between Chubais and Putin? Just curious.

]]> By: C.M. http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28783 C.M. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:12:53 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28783 This article was written by an investor in Moscow. It is also the first I have seen in the Post that is not bashing Putin's Russia.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701617.html Just thought I would point it out. Great blog, by the way. This article was written by an investor in Moscow. It is also the first I have seen in the Post that is not bashing Putin’s Russia….

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701617.html

Just thought I would point it out. Great blog, by the way.

]]> By: Robert Harneis http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28734 Robert Harneis Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:12:21 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28734 If the Economist is not being subsidised by the Foreign Office or the Security services,they should sue for breach of contract. If the Economist is not being subsidised by the Foreign Office or the Security services,they should sue for breach of contract.

]]> By: Tim Newman http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28684 Tim Newman Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:44:14 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28684 The Economist is in freefall. In the five years I subscribed, I noticed a steady and then sharp decline in quality of its articles. Eventually I decided not to renew, and judging by others' comments around the internet, I am not alone in this. The Economist is in freefall. In the five years I subscribed, I noticed a steady and then sharp decline in quality of its articles. Eventually I decided not to renew, and judging by others’ comments around the internet, I am not alone in this.

]]> By: Chrisius Maximus http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28577 Chrisius Maximus Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:00:04 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28577 Speaking of the Economist: Economist Plagiarizes The eXile? December 7, 2007 We've Been Plagiarized Again! The big Western media’s back to plagiarizing The eXile, this time from a most unlikely source: The Economist. Seven weeks after we published an article arguing that the real way to frame Putin’s behavior is within the savage power struggle going on between factions of the siloviki, The Economist put their moronic “Hitler Alert” tales back into their little padded cell, and came out with this suspiciously eXile-esque analysis: "Vladimir Putin did not rig the ballot to win control of parliament, but to assert his power over the Kremlin's warring factions." H'm, ya don't say? Two months late is better than nuthin'... We expect an apology like The Guardian offered us. And we want cash. Like, now. —Mark Ames http://www.exile.ru/blog/detail.php?BLOG_ID=15042&AUTHOR_ID= Speaking of the Economist:

Economist Plagiarizes The eXile?

December 7, 2007

We’ve Been Plagiarized Again!

The big Western media’s back to plagiarizing The eXile, this time from a most unlikely source: The Economist. Seven weeks after we published an article arguing that the real way to frame Putin’s behavior is within the savage power struggle going on between factions of the siloviki, The Economist put their moronic “Hitler Alert” tales back into their little padded cell, and came out with this suspiciously eXile-esque analysis: “Vladimir Putin did not rig the ballot to win control of parliament, but to assert his power over the Kremlin’s warring factions.” H’m, ya don’t say? Two months late is better than nuthin’…

We expect an apology like The Guardian offered us. And we want cash. Like, now.

—Mark Ames

http://www.exile.ru/blog/detail.php?BLOG_ID=15042&AUTHOR_ID=

]]> By: Sean http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28562 Sean Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:31:01 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28562 <i>IIRC they put it as “young people trying to make you think they’re old people” or something like that.</i> So then the question is where do the equally atrocious ideas come from. Are they dictated to the 20-somethings but their "older" editors and told to whip something up, or are we seeing what said 20-somethings actually see the world? IIRC they put it as “young people trying to make you think they’re old people” or something like that.

So then the question is where do the equally atrocious ideas come from. Are they dictated to the 20-somethings but their “older” editors and told to whip something up, or are we seeing what said 20-somethings actually see the world?

]]> By: Chrisius Maximus http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28511 Chrisius Maximus Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:38:58 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28511 According to a recent article in the eXile, the people at the Economist are a lot younger than you might think (in their mid-20s). IIRC they put it as "young people trying to make you think they're old people" or something like that. According to a recent article in the eXile, the people at the Economist are a lot younger than you might think (in their mid-20s). IIRC they put it as “young people trying to make you think they’re old people” or something like that.

]]> By: Anthony http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-28478 Anthony Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:03:22 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-28478 By the way, does anybody have an explanation for why the editorials in the main US papers (WSJ, Washington Post, NYT, etc.) are so attrociously written I am trying to understand that myself. I might even dare to say they are written by recent college graduates. Even the Economist approaches that level of writing. By the way, does anybody have an explanation for why the editorials in the main US papers (WSJ, Washington Post, NYT, etc.) are so attrociously written

I am trying to understand that myself. I might even dare to say they are written by recent college graduates. Even the Economist approaches that level of writing.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Russia: Western Media Response to the Election http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-27756 Global Voices Online » Russia: Western Media Response to the Election Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:19:03 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-27756 [...] Another discussion at Sean's Russia Blog: “predictable responses” of the Western media to “predictable results” of the Russian election. Share This [...] [...] Another discussion at Sean's Russia Blog: “predictable responses” of the Western media to “predictable results” of the Russian election. Share This [...]

]]> By: Lyndon http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/comment-page-1/#comment-27711 Lyndon Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:30:33 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/12/04/predictable-responses-to-predictable-results/#comment-27711 <i>The MT today printed a lot of comments by “Western” leaders and most of them were of the “this shows Putin’s program has popular approval” variety. In Finland especially.</i> Perhaps it's time to resurrect the concept of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandization" rel="nofollow">Finlandization</a>." All that was old has become new again... The MT today printed a lot of comments by “Western” leaders and most of them were of the “this shows Putin’s program has popular approval” variety. In Finland especially.

Perhaps it’s time to resurrect the concept of “Finlandization.” All that was old has become new again…

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