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Tootin’ with The Putin—making sense of WFMU’s Vladimir Putin fan fiction project

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Matthew Lasar

In real life, Vladimir Putin is the poker faced Prime Minster of Russia—liked in his own country despite a pretty creepy human rights record and his past with the Soviet Union’s KGB. But on free form WFMU-FM he is the … finish reading Tootin’ with The Putin—making sense of WFMU’s Vladimir Putin fan fiction project

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Fairness Doctrine for Stalin on Russian radio?

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Matthew Lasar

A Russian radio station is being sued for disrespecting the memory of Josef Stalin. “What kind of bastard would be brave enough to say one word in his defense?” the host asked. Let’s start with Russia’s Prime Minister. Continue reading →

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