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Putin's Revenge: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE

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1 HN user recommended this interview1 month2022–2023 score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Recommended for historically grounded analysis of Putin, and praised as an example of releasing full-length interviews.

A full FRONTLINE interview with journalist Julia Ioffe on Putin and alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

“I can also recommend the PBS Frontline interviews with Julia Ioffe” (HN, 2022)

1 recommendations · 2 citations · Interviews · intermediate · partly dated

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@halotrope Mar 2022 Recommends
on HN thread Ivan Krastev on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
This is a fantastic interview. Full of incisive observations, eloquently presented. Along the lines of this historically contextualized analysis I can also recommend the PBS Frontline interviews with Julia Ioffe [0,1] which are similarly captivating and insightful. 0: [link] 1: [this video]
Julia Ioffe interview with historically contextualized analysis of Putin

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@lettergram Oct 2022 Cites it
on HN thread Most Americans think money comes before mission at U.S. news organizations
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I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong. PBS generally has been some of the best news / reporting I’ve seen. That said, it’s still driven by ideology — “good” being defined by someone. You can see it in the titles of their documentaries and programming. If you go through their programming objectively and put yourselves in the mindset the opposing side it becomes rather clear. This includes things like portraying nationalism as bad or Christianity as evil (see some of their frontline documentaries) While the bias is there. PBS is generally one of the least bias in the space, I think that’s what makes it so frustrating. A slight improvement in breadth and depth would make it amazing. I also have to give credit to pbs for often releasing full-length interviews. I’ve really appreciated watching hours long interviews with various people about a specific topic. See “Putin files” [link] [this video] or Steve bannons interview on frontline. [link]
Example of PBS releasing full-length interviews
@dralley Aug 2023 Cites it
on HN thread They Tried to Kill Me
Julia Ioffe has talked about some of the less-lethal intimidation tactics that are used against foreign journalists in Russia. [this video]
Ioffe discusses intimidation tactics used on foreign journalists

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