Germany’s state-sponsored broadcaster Deutsche Welle is now considered a “foreign agent” under Russian law after the Ministry of Justice in Moscow included it on the register on Monday. “Following the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the Russian Ministry of Justice included Deutsche Welle into the register …
Read More »Indian broadcaster rips YouTube for bias in blocking its channel
New Delhi-based English-language news channel WION said it had been barred from posting videos on YouTube for several days, blaming the platform for seeking to thwart objective coverage of the conflict in Ukraine. A “total block” had been imposed on Tuesday, and no new clips had appeared on its usually …
Read More »Outraged bosses slam ‘objectification of human body’ after broadcaster shows close-up shots of top female climber’s buttocks
Graz-based star Johanna Farber angrily called for an end to “sexualizing women in sports” after a similar incident in June, urging people to condemn “disrespectful and upsetting” slow-motion clips and spend more time judging female athletes purely on their performance. Now Farber has received a strong public apology from the International Federation …
Read More »Black takeover day? UK broadcaster Channel 4 is campaigning against racism… by being racist
On Friday September 10, Channel 4 will be holding a ‘black takeover’ day. From 6am, all of the channel’s presenters will be black: ‘The Big Breakfast’ will be brought back with black hosts, all the newsreaders will be black, teen soap ‘Hollyoaks’ will have an all-black cast, all of the …
Read More »US state-run broadcaster RFE/RL fires Canadian freelance journalist after pressure from Azerbaijani government over his coverage
That’s according to Neil Hauer, who revealed Sunday on Twitter that he lost his gig after writing a piece on Baku’s Military Trophy Park, a new exhibit that features the helmets of Armenian soldiers killed by the Azeris during the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “I wrote about the theme park for …
Read More »Ukrainian broadcaster prevented the suicide of the Japanese
Dmitry Komarov helped the girl, who tried several times to commit suicide, to make sense of life. In the new edition of the project “the World inside out. Japan” to “1+1” TV presenter Dmitry Komarov helped 27-year-old Yayo, which has several times tried to commit suicide, to rediscover the meaning …
Read More »Basta made an unusual rap battle with a Russian broadcaster. Video
The artists pelted each other with compliments.Still not banned in Ukraine, the Russian rapper Basta (real name – Vasily Vakulenko) and humorist Maxim Galkin gave a unique rap battle. Video of the encounter was published on the YouTube channel Super. Galkin began a battle with compliments, saying that he “dedicated …
Read More »Well-known broadcaster spoke out sharply about the tour of the Ukrainian stars in Russia
Peter the Magician expressed his opinion. Ukrainian TV presenter, Director and screenwriter Peter the Magician often led the evening “Gazprom” in Moscow, however, after the annexation of Crimea, he cannot work in Russia. To the question about the attitude to the Ukrainian singers who toured Russia, leading said: “once thought: …
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