Draggingtree Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 American Thinker: January 11, 2013 Pravda, Guns, and America By Oleg Atbashian First, let's just say that the hard-copy version is not the same as its digital namesake. The original newspaper had been started by Lenin in 1912 and shut down by Yeltsin in 1991. It was later restarted; it changed several owners, including some foreign millionaires, and in 1997 became the official organ of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. At some point during these troubled times, the online edition split from the paper version and left to seek its own destiny. It is now shamelessly whoring for internet traffic around the world, in an effort to maximize advertising revenues. Even a cursory glance at the English and Russian digital editions (they have different content, tailored to their respective audiences) reveals a radically apolitical tabloid with a wild mix of real news, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, and contradictory opinions, topped with headlines whose main function is to attract search engine traffic. The other two foreign-language versions -- Portuguese and Italian -- probably follow the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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