CNN Sulks: Cable Network Calls It Quits in Russia / Sputnik US
CNN International announced on Monday that they will no longer be broadcasting in Russia by year’s end. Their Moscow Bureau and international website will still be functioning, but they attribute the TV decision to Russia’s new media ownership law.
CNN is making a huge fuss about pulling their international broadcasting from the Russian market, even going as far as to blame it on “recent changes in Russian media legislation”. This is confusing, since the law in question was only passed less than a month ago and doesn’t come into effect for over two years. The Western media’s linkage between CNN’s decision and Russia’s new law is disingenuous and has more to do with Russia bashing than it does with reporting the facts.
