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Cage as Saakashvili Not Gonna Happen
09.09.2009 | 19:52

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Previously spread by Georgian mass media message about Nicholas Cage's plans to shoot a film about August war and play a role of Saakashvili in it, turned out to be wrong - Utro.ru.

Earlier Georgian mass media stated that the actor was heading for Georgia to shoot film about August war of 2008, in which he would act Saakashvili. The filming was allegedly to begin on September 21st and last for 2 months.   

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US Media: Goebbels Assembly Line
29.06.2009 | 21:53

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US media have already started covering Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Moscow on July 6-8. USA's leading newspapers try to provide extensive reports about the economic and political life in Russia, as well as about the events in the Russian society and culture. Therefore, they create their own image of Russia, which, of course, may not be true. Unfortunately, the articles from US journalists are presumably negative.    

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It's On! Media Slur Campaign Against South Africa
31.05.2010 | 00:45

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Ladies and Gentlemen, it has started! The international media onslaught against South Africa has begun a full two weeks ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2010. Britain's Daily Mail leads with a story about how the Columbian national team was robbed ahead of the World Cup, while SKY News is poking around looking for dirt.

It has started. Sickeningly predictably, it is bang on cue two weeks before the World Cup kicks off, Africa's first. They just could not let an African nation host a World Championship, in a spirit of friendship, with a climate of competence and in an ambience of goodwill.

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Disasters, the Media Circus and Accountability
27.01.2010 | 00:58

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Disaster strikes some poor, forgotten corner of the world which most people had never heard of. The media circus descends, outlets vying with one another to show the most shocking pictures. The international aid circus follows this, promises of aid by Governments follow that and finally, in-depth stories and profiles flow on the Net and in newspapers. A week later the story starts to slide. Two weeks later it's behind the Oscars and after the third week, it's forgotten.

Then what happens?   

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A New Role for Women and the Media
30.07.2010 | 00:54

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The recent meeting of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) in Lisbon, Portugal was focused on a new role for women and the media in solving problems in facilitating dialogue and breaking down social barriers, such as hate-fuelled stereotypes as a first step towards meaningful dialogue with practical results.

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Georgians Arrested: Fishy Story
11.11.2009 | 19:41

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Vasiliy Malayev, the spokesman of the border guard department of the Federal Security Service of Russian in Abkhazia, disclaimed the messages of Georgian sources concerning the alleged detention of Georgian fishermen near Anaklia - RIA Novosti. "The information is wrong. Russian border ships, guarding sea borders of Abkhazia, didn't appear in the region Georgian mass media report about," he highlighted.   

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