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 russians know as well what putin was planning and the disinformation campaign he was implementing. martha: a great point. thank you very much. i know we will be talking about this again. thank you, sir.
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 the day every day, weekday that is. you can subscribe at apple
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, that allows us to grapple with some of the most difficult and demanding challenges that we face around the world. we need a free press, free expression and courageous journalists like maria and
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 is that it does feel scary and unsettling to see the degree to which authoritarians, particularly those aligned with or in the model of vladimir putin or putin himself, their willingness to use force against their own people or against people they perceive as enemies anywhere in the world. this willingness to assassinate
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 record 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, we talked a lot about press freedom and sort of small d democracy and some of the dots i was trying to connect, but one thing people were raising to me which has really stuck with me is that it