Putin's getting nervous about Russia's sinking economy

[Igel]

2. Ah, the Putin over 7 hills.

But I gotta question, [ W ]what journalists do: ask questions about things the government doesn’t want anybody to know about ...".

Some reported on tornadoes today. This was subversive?

Read about Trump's indictment. Biden objected to this reporting?

Let's say that "part of what journalist do." May report what they think is correct and right, in keeping with the government's "line".

As for Gershkovich, I don't know that he was doing in Ekaterinburg. Those against are outraged and say that for the most part; those less outraged don't say why he was there. They cite obviously false statements from the Russian government. Far from my top 99/100 of sources, nobody said *why* he was there. For the varenniki in a given restaurant? The natural scenery?

Was there a dissident or event worth reporting on? You want to rebut a claim, simply saying, "It's not so" is not sufficient, however much you prefer the claimant or despise the adversary.

It's after day 2 (which ends for me in minutes) but after a dozen articles left, right, and center, all I know is "Putin bad." Gee, I knew that over a decade ago.

I want journalists doing their jobs, "what journalists do," which I think of as revealing facts I wouldn't have thought of.

Now, perhaps that would have gotten Gershkovich shot on site. Fine. Say so. "Knowing why he was there, which would have gotten the reporter killed, we're withholding that information." They say it for other causes.