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22.02.2010, 08:24 8 comments

Georgian TV channels turned into presidential mouthpiece

Aggressive efforts have been used by Georgian authorities as part of persistent state manipulation of the news media, according to a recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

A Georgian woman cries at the grave of a Georgian soldier AFP Photo / Vano Shalamov 07.08.2009, 17:31

Wages of war

On the anniversary of the war in South Ossetia, victims of the conflict are being mourned on both sides of the border. But in Georgia the feeling of sadness is accompanied by anger at the country’s leadership.

Georgia, Tbilisi: A man passes by a logo of the Imedi television station in Tbilisi on March 14, 2009. (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) 24.03.2010, 21:26 1 comment

NATO blasts false Georgian TV report

NATO’s official spokesman, James Appathurai, called the false news report that Russian troops were in Georgia and President Saakashvili had been killed, by Georgian Imedi TV channel, ‘unwise’ and ‘useless’.

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 videogame artwork 14.03.2010, 21:19 25 comments

Georgia invaded, Saakashvili dead? False TV report causes panic

One of Georgia's main TV channels has sparked panic and protests after broadcasting a fake news report that Russian troops were advancing towards the capital Tbilisi and President Saakashvili had been killed.

08.08.2009, 23:12 15 comments

Silence of the lambs: US girl recounts effort to tell the truth about August war

US girl trapped in Tskhinval during last year’s war between Russian and Georgian forces experienced a different sort of hostility when she attempted to “tell the truth” to western media.

Georgia's President Mikheil Saashvili and a U.S. military instructor 16.08.2009, 09:21 12 comments

Georgians question alliance with the US

While the US is sending marines to Georgia to train a Georgian battalion, set to be deployed on a mission in Afghanistan next spring, ordinary people in Georgia are not so sure the country has chosen the right friend.

11.08.2009, 13:16 12 comments

US media leaves Ossetian war anniversary untouched

On the first anniversary of the war in South Ossetia, many in the region are taking time to reflect. In the US, however, there’s almost no mention of the conflict, so heavily covered just a year ago.

Georgia, Tbilisi (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) 11.06.2010, 14:12 10 comments

US admits failure in its strategy towards Georgia

The US Administration has Georgia on their minds – and it's not one of the fifty states.

Image from newsgeorgia.ru 27.05.2010, 14:14 8 comments

Saakashvili opens propaganda monument to “freedom fighters”

On Wednesday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili unveiled the country’s tallest monument. The “Tower of Heroes” is in honor of the soldiers who died for independence – but only to the ones who fought against Russia.

10.10.2009, 09:16 6 comments

Eyes wide shut – Western media over S. Ossetian war

An EU commission report may have pointed the finger at Georgia for causing the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, but there is anger in Russia that some media in the West are not listening.

“It’s hard for normal journalists to work in today’s Georgia”

Published: 01 October, 2009, 13:07


Gudadze’s story is not an isolated case, according to deputy editor-in-chief of Independent Military Review Viktor Litovkin. Normal journalists find it hard to work in today’s Georgia, Litovkin told RT in an interview.

 
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