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He became president of ukraine. after putins pick was ousted from that country. there is a dramatic resilience in these people. >> thats what started the orange revolution. thats what putin fears is a color revolution coming home to him. the good reporting from courageous journalists in russia who indicate that the russian people may not be with putin on this. they may not have believed the steady diet of propaganda they were fed. in the biden administration did anything well in the beginning, i...

We made it. and finally, two courageous journalists won the nobel peace prize. maria lesa has revealed corruption. that is battling for a free press under the most harrowing conditions. im glad to see them get that kind of recognition. i dont know if journalists ever won the nobel peace prize before. maybe long ago but its tough to do it in that kind of repress ive. iveenvironment. thats it for this edition of media buzz. howie kurtz. i hope you like our facebook page. lets continue the conversa...

>> that was not the sound we were looking for, but the question remains the same. talk us through the message that the committee is sending with these winners during this critical time for truth. >> i think they stated it very clearly. first of all, they picked two extraordinary, courageous journalists who have not only done amazing reporting in their own countries, they are emblematic of the struggle for press freedom. they sent very clearly the message they wanted to send. the message is that ...

It also falls internationally. russia has that very much in mind and russia is just as concerned if not more so about courageous journalists who report about democracy, who report on protests about democracy, who leave a legible record for their own country, for people in their own country and around the world. >> talking with the staff of the show today about this story and about this topic, talk a little bit about press freedom and small d democracy and some of the dots ive been trying to conn...

But theres no way this could have happened without russia. theres no way this could have happened without at the very least russian permission. and in a way, just by talking about belarus and just by punishing belarus, were missing that larger international question, because of course, what we said at the beginning, that democracy rises internationally, it also falls internationally. and russia has that very much in mind. of course, russia is just as concerned if not more so about courageous jou...

joke and somehow im responsible for that, thats gotcha. >> is the press trying to paint santorum as intolerant? tucker carlsons pwebsite launches an attack on media matters saying they gave marching orders to msnbc. >> the line we had from someone at media matters was we basically write their prime time. >> based on what? theres a troubling memo about investigating the personal lives of folks at fox. well have a report. plus, buzz businessen injbi jeremy lynn. why do journalists keep...

They called in the target and took four days to hit it. by then, the rebels had cleared it and luckily were not in it. thats the only nato strike that weve seen and its incomprehensible because they must be visible from the air. so i cant really tell you why, wolf, but i can tell you that the victims are civilians. >> we know a lot of journalists have been detained, some have been killed. marie, youre one of the most courageous journalists on the scene. give us a flavor of what it is like to cov...

State tv, live and well. >> one of the most courageous journalists in the world is in misrata right now. we will speak with her from misrata. this is an amazing situation going on right now in libya. and it could go either way. so weve got a full two hours not only in libya, afghanistan, what is going on in syria. weve got some of the smartest people. peter bergen who knows more about bin laden than anyone. full coverage coming up. >> well see you in five minutes. thank you, sir. should the te...

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