Ah, the carnival ... a press carnival

Everyone has a lot of questions, and Putin we have one

And notice - I didn’t say that. About the carnival. Sovereign and Patriot, a welcome guest on all federal television channels, political scientist Sergei Markov, anticipating the president’s large-press conference, who was coming in a day, on his page in the FB laid out on the shelves “different blocks of questions”, which usually set Putin in this format:

1. “Important questions about an important topic. They are agreed in advance.

2. Important journalists personally known to Putin. They almost guaranteed the right to ask a question. The general topic that they formulate themselves is agreed with them.

3. The spontaneous sea. Journalists in the hall are already chosen by accident, according to the principle of brightness, Putin or sand. That is why journalists seek to give themselves as bright as possible visually. So Putin’s press conference turns into a carnival. Beautiful New Year carnival. "

As if in confirmation of Markov’s words, state television channels began to tell how regional colleagues were preparing for the event-that “spontaneous sea”.

Here is the correspondent of the Sverdlovsk regional television channel (OST) Yana Yumakaev. Lush white bows are knitted in the dressing room in the dressing room - like a first -grader on the eve of Knowledge Day on September 1. The journalist, who is rejuvenated with the help of makeup, explains that he wants to ask the president about the pace of construction of new schools - the old ones in Yekaterinburg are crowded.

And the image of a schoolgirl with bows in which she intends to appear before Putin is to attract attention to herself and the problem.

The second “girl” is dedicated to the metro -building costume: they put on a reflective vest and a real helmet on it. “The time of the press conference is limited, so you have to attract attention, among other things,” the Vesti-24 correspondent explains. The journalist is going to put before the president to be extremely painful for the exhausted by the traffic jams of Yekaterinburg - the construction of the second line of the subway.

“Metrostroevka” did not miscalculate-reporters of most federal television channels that cover a large press conference unmistakably rush to it. She not only arrived herself in a vest and helmet, but also brought to Vladimir Vladimirovich New Year's gift from her eight -year -old son: a Christmas tree drawn by a boy in a festive decoration.

"We have such a festive mood today!" -Artem Sheinin admits, whose current show “Time will tell” on Channel One started an hour before the start of the press conference. His partner Anatoly Kuzichev goes on a live broadcast from the CMT, where journalists are already crowding and languishing in anticipation of a meeting with the head of state. “Many are bright, extravagantly dressed,” Kuzichev notes. - Our attention was attracted by this girl from the Kamchatka television channel in national clothes. " The girl, at the request of the Moscow colleague, began to say what she wanted to ask Putin, but the announcement of the speakerphone dries her words. “The request is not to carry alcohol into the hall,” Kuzichev duplicates the announcement.

“Plush toys, balloons, bright emblems, posters - this is how our regional colleagues hope to attract the attention of the president,” the news correspondent reports on the first channel. Anton Vernitsky in the lobby of CMT gives the floor to colleagues “highlighting the brightness of colors,” a girl with bright purple hair and a dazzling-red young man. They dream of asking the president how he fights depression. “Soon the New Year, so I'm in the Snow Maiden costume,” the girl in a silver kokoshnik is flirting with the metropolitan journalist. Her colleague from the Far East had a huge red bow on her head, and in her hands she has a poster with a red heart.

“Some journalists arrived in national costumes and took musical instruments with them,” the authors of the report on the Russia 24 television channel note with admiration.

The NTV channel introduced a “human” in the announcement of a large press conference that appeared on the air about a week before it began:

“For four hours it flies unnoticed, but everyone has a chance to ask their question in a year. Because everyone has many questions, but we have one Putin! ”

On Channel One, his announcement, which is voiced by a male voice, reminiscent of Levitan's “public voice”: “To be or not to be? What to do? Who is to blame? There are answers that can be sought all your life, and there are answers that can be obtained here and now. Big press conference V.V. Putin. In the answer for everything! "

Fig a half -day, but Putin is not there. “A press conference is a little delay, and this is also one of the good traditions,” the president’s traditional delay in the spirit “does not late, the authorities delayed on NTV,” the authorities are delayed. "

Dmitry Peskov is the first to enter the hall and asks everyone to wait for Putin-as if someone, worn by his belated, will now get up and defiantly come out. I would try - they will not let out from the hall anyway. Sit and look. Wait for your turn. Further, as said in “Vesti”, “it all depends on luck. To ask Putin a question and get an answer is luck! ” In principle, luck and just get into this hall. And popularity in his own region is guaranteed: “He saw Putin! Lipped! "

And the presidential delay is just a corporate identity. There are many of us, but he is alone. Let's wait, do not fall apart. The Pope was waiting. The British queen was waiting. Yes, if even Putin suddenly decided not only to congratulate the Russians a Happy New Year (in the record), but also to proclaim the onset of the year live, the Kremlin chimes would have been lingered and pierced midnight when it was supposed to, but at the end, in the end, they won’t do five to ten minutes, but you can wait with traffic jams to the ceiling.

Actually, the press conference itself (according to the authoritative opinion of Sergei Markov, “for journalists this is one of the main New Year's events. After Putin’s press conference, you can already get into business for the New Year holidays”) is the time to modernize it. For example, put on the stage large bags like the one with which Santa Claus comes to the children, and everyone who is lucky is drawn with a Fant with a question (what difference does it make, with which, anyone will go into business), and in anticipation of the answer, he plays on the musical instruments brought with him or dances and sings in a national costume.

"Ah, carnival, amazing world!" - It was sung in an old popular song. In fact - nothing surprising. The 15th time a large press conference passes. Both participants and spectators are used to. As with the annual “direct line” - a meeting of the president with an ordinary people. But there are differences: journalists, at least, do not ask them to fix the roof, send a Christmas tree or give a puppy. In this format, the main gift is the opportunity to “ask the question” (as the host of the Russia 24 channel formulated). I got worried, probably.