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| Telegraph comes in from the cold with pro-Putin advertorial | Telegraph comes in from the cold with pro-Putin advertorial |
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| The Daily Telegraph is one of the papers wailing most fervently about the government's royal charter-backed regulator (Jacob Rees-Mogg: "The government and parliament have decided to license the press and to coerce newspapers into agreeing ... [financial penalties] for those who resist state licensing could be severe.") and one of the titles behind last week's rival charter proposal from the industry. But what's this, in Tuesday's Telegraph? Why, a sponsored supplement featuring editorial from Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a pro-Putin newspaper that describes itself as being "published by the new Russian state" and enjoying "official status, because acts of state come into effect upon their publication there". So, um ... state licensed, in other words. Highlights include a cosy Ministry of Truth, anyone? | The Daily Telegraph is one of the papers wailing most fervently about the government's royal charter-backed regulator (Jacob Rees-Mogg: "The government and parliament have decided to license the press and to coerce newspapers into agreeing ... [financial penalties] for those who resist state licensing could be severe.") and one of the titles behind last week's rival charter proposal from the industry. But what's this, in Tuesday's Telegraph? Why, a sponsored supplement featuring editorial from Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a pro-Putin newspaper that describes itself as being "published by the new Russian state" and enjoying "official status, because acts of state come into effect upon their publication there". So, um ... state licensed, in other words. Highlights include a cosy Ministry of Truth, anyone? |
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