Secret prisons

The problem of "double continuous" in modern Russian -controlled liberal journalism is from the most painful and almost insoluble. You are getting behind the wheel, that is, you go to your computer, you like following the rules, that is, honestly describing what was happening outside, when suddenly it turns out that you ran into a girl. And she is the president’s daughter.

This turns into bad consequences. For the owner, in the office of which the FSB road is searched. For top management, against which the fraud case starts. For the chief editors and chief editor, forced to dismiss. In the end, for the entire publication , which was defeated in his star hour.

This is where it begins, the story about the "double continuous", which, during a historical meeting secretly recorded on the recorder, the freshly assigned leadership tells the editorial staff. The authorship belongs immediately to both the new chiefs of RBC - Elizabeth Golikova and Igor Trosnikov. The first informs the audience of the presence of forbidden topics in journalism using an unnecessary image. The second immediately adds: "Where is the double continuous, unfortunately, no one knows." And no matter how many subordinates are inquired with them, what will be forbidden to write about now, commicking in vain and Katerina Tikhonov, and her wife Shamalova, and Panama archives, bosses do not give an answer. With increasing irritation, responding to questions from places.

This partly resembles the game "Sea Battle", only against yourself when you do not know where you will undermine. However, players do not do without crawling, because in fact they should know what is possible and what is impossible, after overclocking the editorial office. This is where the "brick" hangs, where a daughter with a billionaire and a dad’s friend with his cello. And dad himself. One gets the impression that the questioners show intentional tactlessness, tormenting Golikov with Trosnikov and finding out the details about the "double solid". What the hell are the details when, meeting with the team, they solve a completely different problem set by senior management. To calm and save after the scandal at least part of RBC so that the remaining ones do not run away.

Alas, scandals are inevitable, such is the nature of modern Russian controlled liberal journalism. A year ago, an audio recording of an educational conversation immortalized the names of Golikova and Trosnikov. The endless trial of Rosneft with RBC, personal vendetta, declared by Sechin, who was leaving from the media holding Prokhorov, turned into an anecdote . The change of owner with the advent of the odious Berezkin became another reputation shame for the editorial office. Moreover, this event was so visual that it seemed to simply forget about the “double continuous”. What are the intrigues and secret prohibitions if the editorial team is drained with Sungorkin. From now on, everything secret was to be obvious.

However, modern Russian controlled liberal journalism is the area not yet fully studied, which is why there are surprises. For example, a journalist suddenly brings a text dedicated to the secret torture prisons of the FSB to the editor - and not only brings, but also insists on his publication. And when the authorities reject this material, Ilya Rozhdestvensky publishes his article in another edition and quits from the holding. At the same time, explaining to the readers why he did this.

This, apparently, should be explained by the fact that quickly unlearning professional driving standards, that is, the basics of journalism, is not so simple. Let us recall at least NTV, which was far from being pumped up to produce reference shit - and practically nothing but shit. It took many years that went to retraining and disqualification. In general, rebirth is a long process.

Although, of course, with skillful guidance, the deadlines can be sucked out, easily getting rid of the objectionable and explaining to be perplexed why the one who left was wrong. You, you see, he himself sinned against journalistic canons, presenting only the position of dusty and their lawyers, while "an alternative point of view has always been worked out in RBC materials: history cannot be based on the opinion of one side." Well, yes, it is known how the FSB press center quickly responds to all requests of journalists and how in detail the location of its secret torture prisons always describes. It is even strange that the departed neglected their services, working on the topic. Yes, and the author’s approach to the subject, agree, raises questions that are already crowded with Runet. Say, how can they not torture them, terrorists, and are the Americans not doing the same in Guantanamo? They will only embarrass, bastards, and some foreigners torment and, as it were, in the territory of another state - in contrast to ours, who have nowhere to take enemies and have to work at home. Moreover,, as a rule, with compatriots.

Nevertheless, the problem of "double continuous" is still unresolved. Unless the list of taboo plots was replenished these days by one more: it turns out about secret prisons, it turns out, you can’t write either, who would have thought. About the usual so far you can. We also note that the permitted is still much more than the forbidden, and this is very pleasing. Sit behind the wheel, go wherever you want and scribble something, but still look around and follow the bazaar if you are lucky to work in a controlled, but still liberal press. The list is attached, grows, is not subject to announcement.