They're beating journalists in Crimea.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26502356

Ukraine crisis: Journalists attacked in Crimea

3 hours ago

A team of journalists in Crimea has been filmed coming under attack by soldiers. One journalist told the BBC the soldiers claimed to be from Russia.

On Saturday, a BBC team in the area was threatened by plain clothes men with guns.

Warning shots were also fired as a team of international military observers was turned back from entering Crimea for the third time.

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Those must be fascist, anti-semitic journalists.

[okaawhatever]

2. Putin doesn't want the truth getting out. Why do you think the Ukraine media outlets have been

taken over by armed soldiers and the Russian ones haven't?

[geek tragedy]

3. Cue Moscow's RT.com-quoting apologists

To blame this on the CIA.

Shame on anyone who supports what Russia is doing.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. The DUers just think it's OK to beat up journalists

Genuine DU thread:

There were two military lorries with Russian number plates outside the gates, surrounded by irregular soldiers and a very hostile crowd of pro-Russian demonstrators, our correspondent adds.

Two journalists who attempted to take photographs were beaten badly.

Don't fire on them because that is what the Russians want

It is the last thing the Russians want. There are too many here in the West that

desire such an outcome, however.

Be afraid of that which you wish.

(me)So the Russian soldiers did this to show they can vandalise Ukraine with impunity?

It shows that Putin has a bunch of thugs working for him.

No, they did this to protect the Russian citizens that were soon to be invaded

by the hoards of neo-nazi, nationalists that were en-route from Ukraine.

That last post was sincerely meant. I had to check.

[Gravitycollapse]

4. Beating journalists is fine as long as it isn't done by neo-Nazis.

[EmilyAnne]

5. This is how Russia deals with journalists.

Period.
I saw it with my own eyes while living in Russia.
There will be no investigation into these acts, either.

[hrmjustin]

6. Putin doesn't like people checking on what he is doing.

The man is evil.

[pangaia]

7. The Mets will rise again !!

Even though I'm a Cards man, myself.

[hrmjustin]

8. I hope so as well!

[pangaia]

9. The guy who works for me is a rabid Bills Fan.

He has season tickets. Not much joy there.

And my webmaster, and good friend, is an insane Mets fan. I mean, when we go to Rochester Redwings games, he wears his Mets T-shirt, sweat shirt and hat and every half inning he goes back to the refreshment area to check on the Mets game (and get another beer)

He's like a 9 year old in a 38 year old's body.


If I even mention the dreaded ssshhh--(evil empire) he just gets up and leaves...
Every so often I will say "George Steinbrenner", just to pull his chain.

[amandabeech]

10. And some people don't think that Ukrainians might just be sick enough of this garbage

to be willing to suffer some economic pain, at least in the short to medium term to get away from it.

This has to be all over social networking sites available even to Russian speakers in Ukraine.

[cthulu2016]

11. Nonsense. Peaceful Russians are bringing peace to journalists.