Putin Starts Off Morning By Sitting Down To Write The Day’s News

[Larry1]

Putin Starts Off Morning By Sitting Down To Write The Day’s News

NEWS IN BRIEF • World • World Leaders • News Media • News • ISSUE 51•17 • Apr 30, 2015

MOSCOW—Saying he can’t imagine beginning his day without the pages spread out on his kitchen table, Russian president Vladimir Putin told reporters Thursday that he starts off each morning by sitting down to write the day’s news. “Every day before I go to work, I like to come downstairs, have a cup of coffee, and jot down some stories for my state-run media outlets,” said the Russian leader, adding that he occasionally only has time to scribble the front-page headlines when he’s in a hurry. “I typically start off writing whatever the big national and political news should be and then maybe work my way over to smaller stuff. As an autocratic ruler, I just think it’s my responsibility to manipulate what’s going on in the world.” Putin went on to say that he always looks forward to spending hours really sinking his teeth into manufacturing the news on Sundays

This article appeared in "The Onion". For those of you who aren't familiar with this publication, it is satirical. It's funny because Putin has been gobbling up independent media outlets all over Russia, controlling news and editorial content from the Kremlin, thus controlling what the Russian sheeple think.

Even hard core Putin fans will see some humor in this piece.  Who am I kidding. They dislike criticism of The Dear Leader almost as much as muzzies dislike criticism of Mohammed.

[mendeleyev]

Back in his second term, Mr. Putin began meeting with the heads of networks and publications every six months to map out a strategy on how news should be covered. That helped in his initial phases of introducing what was then termed as "managed democracy."

The democracy word is no longer in use, except as an expletive when describing the West.

[mhr7]

Back in his second term, Mr. Putin began meeting with the heads of networks and publications every six months to map out a strategy on how news should be covered. That helped in his initial phases of introducing what was then termed as "managed democracy."

The democracy word is no longer in use, except as an expletive when describing the West.

Last week a friend of mine here told me, "We used to discuss politics, now we just accept."