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He became president of ukraine. after putin's pick was ousted from that country. there is a dramatic resilience in these people. >> that's what started the orange revolution. that's 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, it was to really declassify some of this intelligence, to let the world know and hopefully russian...

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. i'm glad to see them get that kind of recognition. i don't know if journalists ever won the nobel peace prize before. maybe long ago but it's tough to do it in that kind of repress i've. iveenvironment. that's it for this edition of media buzz. howie kurtz. i hope you like our facebook page. let's continue the conversation on twitter. check out my podcast, media buzz meter. we deal with the buzziest stories of ...

>> 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 he would need facts, journalism, reporting, a common set of information that informs our society, th...

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 i've been trying to connect here, but one of the other things that people are raising to me which has really stuck with me ...

But there's no way this could have happened without russia. there's 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, we're 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 journalists who report about democracy, who report on protests about democracy, who leave a legible ...