Post B9eCDUGAkHlJmZrIOW by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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 (DIR) Post #B9eA8jpxCe1cjoCeLg by gullevek@famichiki.jp
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       If Eastern Europeans reported the world like the world reports Eastern Europe https://www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-europeans-reported-the-world-like-the-world-reports-eastern-europe/
       
 (DIR) Post #B9eCDUGAkHlJmZrIOW by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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       @gullevek @x44203 This satire went kinda okay until the last part.> Then The Atlantic just went and published this report, which is an absolute classic of the genre of poorly reporting Eastern Europe through the imperial lens.Uhhh it's reporting on Russia specifically, not on Eastern Europe in general?> Anna Nemtsov is an Eastern European correspondent for the Daily Beast, in addition to contributing her Eastern European expertise for The Atlantic.> A job she does from Portugal, as a Russian citizen previously based in Moscow....have they even heard about what's going in Russia in the recent years? Of _course_ any Russian journalist reporting under their name on anything going on in Russia in any not entirely propagandistic way is going to do that job from another country, because the alternative is to not be able to do that job from Russian prison.Heck, the main independent Russian-language media made by Russians for Russians living in Russia since 2014 is based in Latvia. And here we are talking about an article published in 2026.> Her new article, based around what Ukrainians are thinking, is entirely focused on explaining the unique characteristics of the Russian people and the perspectives of other elite Russians from Moscow.Idk to me it is pretty clear that the article is based around what _Russians_ are thinking (in relation to the latest actions of Ukraine, as an attempt to explain whether Ukraine's tactics might or might not work and why)?And I've opened a list of her other articles in The Atlantic, and almost all are also about Russia specifically (the remaining ones are about Ukraine), not anything other "Eastern European", and not about any "Eastern European" expertise.She's born and lived most of her life in Russia, and as a journalist who is not very pro-government is not currently based in Russia for obvious reasons, and is reporting on Russia for international audience (just like other journalists were reporting for Russian audience in Russia since 2014 while being based in Latvia). She's contributing her _Russian_ expertise (which she obviously has), I see zero problems here, and criticizing The Atlantic for this is exactly what "Bad Baltic" is blaming the others for doing.