“And all these years the discussion has continued about what should and should not be discussed on television for the domestic viewer. At first, it was discussed how the war in Chechnya affects his psyche. Why should he know this, because he cannot help restore order in the rebellious republic?
Then the viewer’s subtle mental organization was protected from information about the terrorist attacks. Well, you never know, otherwise panic will arise and the special services will be prevented from working. The oppositionists and their actions were not shown under the pretext that no one was interested in them. The viewer will turn off his box while watching them, but maybe he’ll forget to turn it back on?
And about the fact that in the capital of the country, a woman in black walks around the metro for half an hour with the severed head of a child in her hand and shouts that she is a terrorist - this is not news to us. There was no such event."