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C Moon

(12,188 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 02:45 AM May 2017

Putin in the news, on AM 1070.

I was driving to my in-laws' house this evening for Mother's Day and had AM news radio on for white noise.
I wasn't really listening, until I heard the announcers talking about Putin.
It was in regards to him playing piano at a meeting with the Chinese or something.
When has the news EVER EVER EVER commented on ANY foreign politician—especially one who heads a country who is at odds with the U.S.?
AM radio is not exactly a popular media source anymore, but that was VERY strange—and I don't think it's good news.

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msongs

(67,199 posts)
2. not unusual for that sort of thing odd ball thing. its a quirky thing putin playing piano unlike
Mon May 15, 2017, 02:56 AM
May 2017

trump who is a total loser

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. He's trolling our media with this crap- first in hockey gear talking about the level of a DT's
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:14 AM
May 2017

Competence.... he just happened to run into an NBC reporter, and now this. It's a dominance display- he'll get kinder press than out own president.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
8. i feel like he already is in control. just not that formal
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:23 AM
May 2017

but the russians at the white house really showed it. it looked more like the Russians were at home and the americans were the guests even though it was in the US at the white house.

Ezior

(505 posts)
3. Putin sometimes does his staged publicity stunts
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:13 AM
May 2017

Like shirtless horse riding. Always reminds me of Kim Jong Un.

This time, they staged something a little more sentient.

The PR stunts are usually reported at least in German media for the laughs, with some commentary about how it appears to be staged and is probably meant to impress his citizens.

Ezior

(505 posts)
7. I don't usually follow US news media.. so never
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:19 AM
May 2017

But I think one of the Late Night Shows talked about these stunts.

Also, quick google search shows NBC reported on it in 2009:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32299822/ns/world_news-europe/t/k-g-beefcake-putin-bares-his-chest-siberia/

Probably other media outlets, too.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
9. 2009?
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:25 AM
May 2017

What I'm getting at, (well, you didn't hear the delivery by the announcers—it was as if he was a celebrity), that the media seems to be trying to make us comfortable and interested with what that bastard is doing...and the timing is sickeningly convenient.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
11. Time for our media outlets to normalize Putin.
Mon May 15, 2017, 05:30 AM
May 2017

After all, thanks to drumpf and the redumbliCON party, Putin will soon be our supreme leader.

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