Monday
May122008
Link - Rise of Russian Neo-Nazi's
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 2:17PM
It's hard to find good purely web-based news of the traditional kind. Even CNN rarely does what could be considered real journalism anymore. That's why I was so impressed when I came across this piece on current. (Click the photo below for a link to the video)
Not only is it a very interesting subject, but it also serves as a great example of the legitimacy of web-based investigative journalism. This wasn't a re-posted AP or Reuters story, this is a real journalist and camera crew going to a foreign country and getting real interviews on subject that serves as a potent example of racism taken to the extreme. You would never see something of this quality on MSNBC or Fox.
As for my opinion on the actual content of the story, it is pretty scary stuff. It would seem that there is a fairly large contingent (50,000-70,000) of neo-nazi-like people in Russia who have influence in government and are actively preparing for what they view as the inevitable riots and civil war to come. Their goals are to sieze power in Russia and expell or otherwise remove the immigrants that they view as the source of Russia's ills. Powerful stuff.
Current's Christof Putzel investigates a growing movement in Russia where neo-Nazi groups are brutally attacking immigrants and spreading their hate by posting violent videos online.
Not only is it a very interesting subject, but it also serves as a great example of the legitimacy of web-based investigative journalism. This wasn't a re-posted AP or Reuters story, this is a real journalist and camera crew going to a foreign country and getting real interviews on subject that serves as a potent example of racism taken to the extreme. You would never see something of this quality on MSNBC or Fox.
As for my opinion on the actual content of the story, it is pretty scary stuff. It would seem that there is a fairly large contingent (50,000-70,000) of neo-nazi-like people in Russia who have influence in government and are actively preparing for what they view as the inevitable riots and civil war to come. Their goals are to sieze power in Russia and expell or otherwise remove the immigrants that they view as the source of Russia's ills. Powerful stuff.
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