The Perils of Politically un-Popular Publication

Hahaha so turns out the administration of my un-beloved Noter Dayme has more in common with dictatorial regimes than previously thought. As reported by news.com.au (the Woman's Day of online "news"):

The closure of Moskovski Korrespondent, whose editor Grigori Nekhoroshev was forced to resign, was a sharp reminder of the perils of invoking Kremlin displeasure.

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I thought we should run the story to help break the taboo," said Nekhoroshev. He paid a swift penalty for his daring: the paper, owned by Alexander Lebedev, the billionaire tycoon, ceased publication immediately.

Its parent firm blamed "costs" and "conceptual disagreements with the newsroom" but insisted in a statement that "this has nothing to do with politics and is solely a business decision".

Hrm, why does that sound so familiar? Because those Krazy Kats at Kremlin use the same lines to try and shut down press outlets for which they have no care as the Student Life Office gang!

Bless!


Update 22/4:
"So, the Uni learned it's media-censorship tactics from the Kremlin?" a friend asked at dinner last night. "No," replied Matt, "The Kremlin learned it's media-censorship tactics from the Uni. Who'd've thunk it, eh?"