Ivan Davydov. Interpol, issue 43. The fight for THIS plus the scaffold for dessert

Interpol, issue 43. The fight for THIS plus the scaffold for dessert
Ivan Davydov

Publication date: April 6, 2001

Disclaimer . The author apologizes to readers for an unforgivable mistake: the mentioned Mr. Kononov has already been released from prison. Which, however, does not change the essence of what was said regarding counters, banners and other Christmas tree decorations . Revised April 9, 2001 .

Fight for it

It’s nice to look at the domestic press in recent days (both online and offline). The press, as it should be, came to life. Here, as an explanation, one should give a lengthy quotation from Prokhanov , who (Prokhanov) is a great specialist, apparently, in anatomy. The master lists, not without effect, which of the top personalities of the domestic show - that is, sorry, media business - prefers to bite into which of the members of the decaying corpse, and what should be, for complete and general satisfaction, the degree of decomposition and why. But Prokhanov tends to equate the concepts of “press” and “NTV,” so the quote will only confuse the situation.

However, he is not the only one, as it turned out, otherwise why would he?

And, by the way, this is not a bad picture; We, government officials, as we know from the free press, propagandists, not to say paid dogs, should have drawn it: a Zionist, an Islamic fundamentalist (a salute, by the way, from our intelligence colleagues to your administration) and simply a Bolivian spy Kiselyov, in a fit of devouring his own corpse in mad rage. I should, but I don't want to.

An annotated linklist of various reactions of Internet writers to events around NTV can be viewed at SMI.Ru.

And there is nothing special to add here.

We should also probably talk about technology. The network is in the fight for, but the stupid situation, which is discussed below, leaves no room for clear formulations. The network is in the fight for THIS. That’s what we’ll call it further; three letters are conducive to decoding, if not innuendo. The word "ska" is similar to NTV because it has the same number of letters.

Unfortunately, some innovations in editorial policy do not allow me to more accurately indicate what exactly the word “ska” looks like, according to Sergei Shnurov.

The network, in the fight for THIS, started an action to cover websites with banners . Hanging websites with banners is said to be an extremely effective method of fighting, including for THIS.

In addition, RIA Oreanda calls on citizens to sign a letter to the president asking him to intervene. Promises to deliver through its channels . The President, presumably, is already tired of running from the Kremlin to the central telegraph (although, of course, not far away) and finding out if he has anything on demand from RIA Oreanda. I feel sorry for the President - he will be disappointed when he waits, because the text is depressing.

“Grani” (after all, you can’t deny this publication’s professionalism - that is what it is), they do not offer a text, but simply offer to “wake up Putin.” However, professionalism does not justify a woeful ignorance of classical works. Remember the Decembrists, if not the dissidents. Who cared that the baby was sleeping?!

SMI.RU, in response, presumably, to all the events described above, launched the “Internet for Common Sense” campaign . The text is elegant and reveals the author. But the time of publication forces the public to evaluate not so much the meaning, but other, perhaps insignificant from the point of view of eternity, details. In this connection, the action turns out to be internally contradictory: perhaps, the manifestation of common sense in the fight for THIS (I remind you that not only the words “ska” and “NTV” have three letters) can only be not participating in any actions.

In general, all the events of the electronic community and journalists in the high-tech style are reminiscent of the now forgotten action “Rock against lice.” The effect is the same, except for the fact that as a result of the fight against lice, a certain Butusov shaved his head and it was funny.

Fortunately, I’m not the only one who understands this. See for example here .

Public spaces for free expression, specifically created for the purpose of fighting for THIS, are worth reading. They not only raise self-esteem, but also make you think. In one of these places, an anonymous activist, in particular, stated that people are now divided into those who support IT and those who strangle it.

Cute girl. Nothing has changed in the world. People are still divided into those who think and those who don’t, and only within the second of these categories is the division you proposed. Moreover, regardless of how to decipher the variable I entered. That is, it doesn’t matter whether they are divided into those who support the first free, truth-telling television company, and those who strangle it, or those who support the idea of ​​​​the revival of great Russia, and those who, for dirty CIA money, throw mud at the idea of ​​revival . If only you understand what I want to say. By the way, the word CIA also has three letters. Funny coincidence.

And to finish the topic, regarding all sorts of actions, this is what sometimes comes to mind. There is a struggle for THIS, supported by hundreds, if the counters do not lie, thousands. Ultimately - for the business of not an old, well-fed citizen in expensive glasses. Which, in general, is not threatened by anything special, at least for now. And there is an elderly partisan Kononov, who is sitting in a Latvian prison on false charges. And there is Sasha Sherman, who is trying to organize a rally in his support . Where are your banners, founding fathers? Where are your counters? Abreks and kunaks littering guest books?

And if forever

Enough about this.

Now about the essentials.

As you have already noticed, at the end of last week Internet.Ru finally stopped updating . They promise that in two weeks it will open again, but with a different edition; they also report that it may not open at all.

The possible composition of the new edition is reported.

Despite all its shortcomings, this project was the best specialized online media.

I'm truly sorry.

Sweet for third

Due to the noise effect created by the struggle for THIS, other events, if they happened, went unnoticed.

I would like to say goodbye, but I can’t.

Some people think that standing on the scaffold, one can even speak vulgarity. The situation, they say, excuses. Read the biographies of historical figures, however, literary characters have sinned here too, there are many examples.

But this is what we discovered on the NTV website.

Selected fragments:

"This is Ernest Mackevicius. His job is the State Duma. He is a master of political style and martial arts. But today he is a citizen. And his slogan is solidarity."

"This is Philip Trofimov. He speaks all foreign languages, and understands what he is saying. He is a passionate person, loves auto racing, and even participates in them himself. He says that a real man does not sleep on such nights. And since Trofimov is a real man , we met him in the correspondent room."

“And in total we are almost 400 people and all selected. We were all bought from other channels for a lot of money. Behind us are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, Karabakh, Transnistria, again Chechnya, Tajikistan and Yugoslavia. We are afraid of almost nothing. We are almost all "We have seen. We are cynical. Nothing can surprise us. We are corrupted by fame and success. We are those you see on TV and those you don't see. We are the NTV that you love."

And so on, and so on, and so on. In short, as connoisseurs have already understood, the text is a must for careful study.

Two questions and one comment.

Question 1. Did I understand correctly that they serve food in the correspondent's room?

Question 2: Who does the last quoted paragraph describe? Did I understand correctly that we have been deceived all these years, and the people who loomed and are now looming on the screens have nothing to do with NTV, which we love , and the real NTV is strong guys in camouflage and not without weapons? Well, that’s how it’s written, honestly.

A comment. Bret Harte says: Horses are different horses, and not every rider is a rider. The same, apparently, applies to scaffolds.