Journalist and foreign correspondent, James Kirchick, spoke on Russia’s state-controlled media and intimidation of foreign press at the 6th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
Full speech below at the 02:00:21 mark:
Extracts:
“Freedom of the press in Russia is practically non-existent…One of first things Putin did was take over private media.”
On responsibility as journalist in dealing with propaganda: “The way to do it by shaming these networks and protesting, like I did.”
