Posted on 03/29/2018 7:39:56 AM PDT by BeadCounter
Russians took to social media in the wake of a deadly shopping-mall fire to allege that national TV channels avoided coverage of the March 25 event because Moscow was not keen to highlight "bad news" -- a suggestion the Kremlin has dismissed as "absurd."
As the death toll mounted -- reaching 64 on March 26 -- some social-media users faulted mainly state-run TV for failing to break into their normal Sunday broadcasting to report on the tragedy that was unfolding in the Siberian city or Kemerovo.
Calling the coverage "disgraceful," journalist Ilya Varlamov posted a snapshot of some of the TV fare on offer on March 26, including a game show, a film, and what appears to be a clip with Russian President Vladimir Putin playing a grand piano.
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Very sad affair, many children died in this fire. I have heard that the mall “manager” is blaming “foreign” men who were asked to leave the Mall due to their acting out for the fire. Putin being who he is, I’m sure he would grab onto that meme if it made him look better.
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