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Georgia-Russia: Information War

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Georgia, Russia, Freedom of Speech, International Relations, Media & Journalism, Politics, War & Conflict

Writing for the Frontline Club blog, Al Jazeera's Matthew Collin comments on a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists which criticizes both Russia and Georgia of exerting control over the media [1]. In particular, the blog says that coverage of the August war over South Ossetia in both countries “portrayed the fighting in one-sided, one-dimensional ways.”