Russian Journalists Hear How Los Angeles Media Reports The News

FDN Host Leslie Dutton 3rd from Left Meets Russian Journalists

Los Angeles, CA The Full Disclosure Network® (FDN) met with a group of six Russian journalists who were invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.

MEETING DISCUSSED LOCAL & REGIONAL TV
During the two hour meeting that was video recorded in the conference room of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles, Producer/Host Leslie Dutton related to the journalists about why FDN is known as "the news behind the news" because the regular news media often does not cover in-depth, many important issues such as government corruption, police policies, public finance and education. That is why the independent and alternative news gathering organizations such as FDN are gaining more followers and popularity on the public cable channels and on the Internet.

JAILED ATTORNEY RICHARD I. FINE

As an example, the Russians learned about the plight of prominent Anti-Trust Attorney Richard I Fine, who has been held in L.A. County Central Mens Jail for almost one year in solitary, "coercive confinement" for contempt of court. A description of the FDN programs on Richard I Fine such as this video, was included in the presentation by Leslie Dutton. Some of the questions asked by the Russians about the Richard Fine case were: "Why isn't the big media covering this case?" "Is it possible that Richard Fine is in jail as a protester, so he can eventually run for President?"

TRAFFIC COP CORRUPTION IN ST. PETERSBURG?

Full Disclosure Network® also asked the Russians questions about government interference with the news media in their homeland. Several of the journalist cited the corruption of traffic cops in the City of St. Petersburg and how the police had disrupted their filiming of a traffic accident, fearing that the journalists were trying to catch them taking bribes.

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM

The theme of the State Department International Visitors program was entitled TELLING YOUR STORY: REGIONAL TV NEWS. The program objectives were to acquaint the visiting journalists with local and regional news media, to explore the role of editors and journalists in developing "news stories" and review local and regional newsgathering connected to issues of global importance.


Accompanied by two State Department interpeters, here are the names of the Russian Journalists:

Ms. Valeria Anatolievna Karpova:

Deputy Chief Editor, Information Programs,

Directorate, Novgorod Oblast Television, Veliky Novgorod

Ms. Larisa Vladislavovna Kovlishenko:

Chief Editor Arkangelsk Television Company

Mr. Vitaly Yevgenyevich Lukashov:

Television journalist and program host, St. Petersburg Television

and Radio Company TV5
Ms. Elena Yuriyevna Ponomareva:

Coordinating Editor, Information Directorate, Media Center
Ms. Ekaterina Vladimirovna Pravdina:

Correspondent, Information Service St. Petersburg Bureau, NTV
Mr. Mikhail Yuryevich Velikoselskiy:

director, City Broadcasting directorate, TV5 St. Petersburg

RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS DISCOVER POWER OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT: Special Video Report (15 min)

Los Angeles, CA In a Special Internet Report entitled“Russian Journalists Discover The First Amendment”the Full Disclosure Network® presents a fifteen-minute video featuring prominent U.S. Political authorities and five visiting Russian journalists who questioned the Full Disclosure Network® if the independent network has experienced opposition from U. S. political authorities.

The Russian visitors were part of a tour sponsored by the United States Library of Congress “Open World”program and facilitated by the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles. Meeting with Full Disclosure producers Leslie Dutton and T. J. Johnston the journalists specifically wanted to know details about the relationship between government authorities and the independent Full Disclosure Network.

The video reveals the sincere and heartwarming reaction of the Russian journalists after they learned, from Full Disclosure of the reaction by authorities to specific programs where conflicts and failed public policies were exposed.

Video clips from those programs feature political authorities:

• Richard Thornburgh, Former U.S. Attorney General
• Ken Starr, Presidential Prosecutor
• Robert Woodward, Journalist-Author
• Steve Cooley, Los Angeles District Attorney
• Roger Carrick, Special Legal Counsel to LAUSD Office of Inspector General

Visiting Russian Journalists featured in video are:

• Ms. Mariya Ramazanovna Abubakarova, Chief Editor, Grozny City Newspaper
• Ms. Kseniya Aleksandrovna Anufriyeva, Editor, Commentator, Mir Television Station
• Ms. Tamara Bessmertnaya, Senior Editor Almazny Krai Television & Radio
• Mr. Dimitriy Leonidovich Sokolov, Deputy Chief Editor, Editorial Board Ryazan News
• Ms. Matalya Romanovna Volina, Correspondent, Vostochno-Sibirskaya Pravda News
• Ms. Irina Vladimirovna Shcherbinina, Facilitator for the Library of Congress

Some of the topics covered with the journalists:

• Is there any power (official) that you (fear) to cover?
• Do your programs report on events or do they foresee events?
• How do you cover Presidential politics?

The full length program covering this meeting is to be featured on 45 cable systems a complete listing of channels and airtimes, by community can be found on our Channels page.