Roll up from the novel

The tragedy of the Olympic champion and dirty money

The disease and its terrible consequences that the skater Roman Kostomarov encountered, which has been continuing to be in Kommunark for three months, forced to think once again: is it necessary to cover such events?

When on January 10, the Olympic champion and the two -time winner of the planet’s championships in ice dancing in a difficult condition was in the hospital with left -sided pneumonia and influenza, several of my friends expressed me, for twenty years, a slippery claim, a slippery claim: why didn’t you write anything about this? I did not write ...

And he did not write later, when the novel was tormented by Ivl and Ecmo, endured amputations of the limbs, stroke and other operations. I didn’t write, because my dad, the famous photojournalist of the good old “Komsomol member” Evgeny Uspensky, always taught me the fact that

The journalist should not invade human personal life, especially at such distressing moments.

Yes, and the legendary dean of the faculty at Mokhova Yasen Nikolayevich Zasursky has repeatedly told at lectures about the mind, honor and conscience of a real newspaper. Well, dad, under any pretext, always refused, for example, from the filming of the funeral, believing that "you can’t earn on the mountain."

In addition, almost everything that is happening with a courageous athlete now, I saw with my own eyes a few years ago and experienced literally on myself. Saving the life of my father, the doctors were forced to amputated his legs alternately. Moreover, so that prostheses could not be discussed. We also encountered sepsis, necrosis, heart ailments and other accompanying nightmares. And also, as it turned out later, he had lung cancer. I lived (although this is not the right word) with dad for two years in various clinics and I know very well what the family and friends of the novels, dreaming of only one thing:

So that their son, husband and friend will survive. And so that they would not be taken out with "curious" issues.

By the way, the brilliant surgeons with whom the fate pushed me, advised all our daily questions ... just pray. Because there is something that sometimes is not subject to the cool specialists. So I just prayed for Roman all this time.

The reader will probably ask: why did you decide to suddenly write about it now? I will answer. Firstly, because Kostomarov’s father gave a little reason for optimism, utting four words: “Everything is fine, everything is positive.” And secondly, not so long ago, on one of the sports Internet resources, under the next news about the state of health of the skater, a discussion flared up in the comments with the transition to personality. And including the personalities of journalists who, according to some visitors, "lost the remnants of conscience and reason", and according to others - "simply do their job." In short, this is about this and I want to plunge a couple of paragraphs.

Three months, I repeat, I regularly read the characters' comments under all texts (large and small) about what happened to one of the best ice dancers who, paired with Tatyana Navka, won the Olympics in Turin, two in a row of the World Cup (2004, 2005) and three in a row of continental forum (2004–2006).

Some citizens accused of all the novel itself, who allegedly believed in his heroic health and did not turn to the doctors on time. Others stigmatized the Averbukh-the director of the frosty show-performance “The Wizard of the Country of Oz”, in which the novel was already poorly felt and participated. Like, for Ilya Izyaslavovich "coins are always more important." Went to nuts and doctors in Kommunarka. Like, “I brought a person with pneumonia to amputation ...” I am not going to comment on all these moments. Because I hope

That the skater who met his 46th birthday on the hospital bed (now he has come to his senses and even sends voice messages to friends), if he wants, he will ever tell his story and put all the punctuation marks.

But the discussion about the “labor” of journalists, of course, hooked me. I have already voiced my position: I consider it necessary to be so painful for a person and his family to be silent for minutes. Do not apply for parents, wives and children in shock, to comment on something; Do not invent fables in the absence of accurate information; Do not provoke doctors. However, many fans powerfully ran into those comrades who ran into the "bastards-journalists", who, in their opinion, were piagging on the tragedy. Literally it sounded like this: “You yourself read and discuss what they write to you! So do not read "all nonsense"! And if you consume, why do you blame the authors and call them creatures?! ”

Well, logical. And the verb is very suitable - "consume". Well, yes, the journalist has such a service: to write, speak and take off on the requirements and fun of the public. And, by the way, representatives of the second ancient profession are often bonded people. They receive a task from the editor and must fulfill it.

And the editors are also (here's the news) are different. Adequate and not very. Empathic or without shame and conscience. Well, and doctors are like that, both lawyers and police ...

In Novaya Gazeta, the journalist has the right to refuse to prepare the material if work on him is contrary to his life position. In other publications (I am silent about TV channels), such bonuses do not exist. But there are bonuses in the form of live money for viewing, likes and comments. These are the modern media rules of the game, and the greyhounds, like athletes, also want to eat and win. Yes, and do not forget about unprincipled Glavreds. In addition, as individual readers again noticed, “talking about the state of the novel, they do not violate any laws ...” You can’t argue with this. As with the fact that a public person, with which Kostomarov is always in the center of attention of fans and reporters.

Praise and criticism include, as they say, the price of a ticket, which once pulled out by the famous actor, director, singer or athlete. And therefore, to report on his punctures, exploits and sores, savoring all the details, will always be under any circumstances.

Those who, violating the ethical framework, do not violate the laws.

The so-called guest editors on television, calling Kostomarov’s acquaintances today, do not violate laws in order to build in the near future a talk show about the “lost leg” of the skater. And I really hope that all the real friends of the novel, who promised his wife Oksana not to spread in conversations with the press about his treatment, will keep their word. In the end, with those who are annoyingly climbing into the soul, you also need to fight according to the law. Namely: gently show the figure. Although sometimes I want to drag it ...

And finally. Any person can be in place of the novel. No one is safe. Even the Olympic champion. But he is sure that he will withstand all the trials. Just obliged. Whether those who fantasize and talk about how “Kostomarov will live on prostheses will withstand every day” is a big question.