Journalists quit over news policies
Eight correspondents have resigned from a Russian broadcast news agency to protest the decision by the pro-Kremlin management to withhold stories in line with a new policy that half its coverage must portray the government in a “positive” light, journalists said.
The reported policy by the Russian News Service, which provides news broadcasts to Russia’s most popular radio network and runs its own station, heightens concerns over President Vladimir V. Putin’s moves to increasingly bring mass media under state control or influence.
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