Yuri Polyakov against the dominance of <i>the “liberal mono-ideological idea”<\/i>

On January 15, the Rossiya newspaper published an interview with writer and editor-in-chief of Literaturnaya Gazeta Yuri Polyakov. In particular, the question of the policy of modern Russian media was raised.

Unlike many , Yu. Polyakov believes that today in the Russian media there is a dominance of the "liberal mono-ideological idea" (! - ed. ), which must be disposed of: * "This does not mean that there should not be people with views on television Pozner or Sorokina, but other points of view should also be presented.

After all, the majority believes that Russia should be an independent civilization, supported by a powerful statehood. For these people, the words "patriotism" and "statehood" are normal working words. And there are others who believe that Russia should become a flimsy subject of a single world space. In life, such a minority, and on TV - the majority.

Most recently, almost all TV channels broadcast stories about New Year trees in America: how they were grown, and how they were transported and installed. They talk about American Christmas trees on TV more often than about Russian ones. There is more foreign news on TV than Russian news. I live in Russia. And I want people for whom the capital is Moscow, not Washington, to work on television," * the writer concluded his interview.

We can assure Yu.Polyakov that there were more than enough stories about Russian Christmas trees on Channel One and RTR. It is possible that the editor-in-chief of "LG" is watching some other television.

In addition, I would like to recall that on the pages of Literaturnaya Gazeta, headed by Y. Polyakov, articles have already appeared that actually contained calls for a ban on the profession for "liberal" (or rather, for those who worked on non-state channels) journalists.

More about the problem of freedom of the media, state influence on them, etc. cm.:

Simonov Alexey. The triumph of self-censorship // Novye Izvestia. 2003. January 13th.
Tretyakov Victor. Are the Russian media free? // Russian newspaper. 2003. November 19.

Sources

• You better think about your own superhumanity on the bunk: [Interview with writer Yuri Polyakov] // Russia. 2004. January 15.