[Aaus-list] NY Times: Starting players for MSM punditry on eastern Europe and FSU

[Max Pyziur]

NY Times: Starting players for MSM punditry on eastern Europe and FSU (my 
title)
Russia Experts See Thinning Ranks’ Effect on U.S. Policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/world/europe/american-experts-on-russia.html

On the subject of Stephen F. Cohen it reads:
"Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at 
New York University, said that if anyone had the power to save the 
program, it would have been Mr. McFaul. Mr. Cohen, who recently wrote an 
article titled 'Distorting Russia' for The Nation, which is edited by his 
wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel, has embraced his role as dissenting villain 
in the current Russia debates, during which he consistently argues a 
perspective closer to that of Mr. Putin.

'This is what I tell bookers,' Mr. Cohen said, referring to those who book 
him for television appearances. 'I will go on with somebody who disagrees 
with me 100 percent, but the moment he calls me a Putin apologist, I’m 
going to say” something that cannot be said on the air.

He does agree with his colleagues that the field is not what it once was. 
It is something the Russians have noticed, too.

....

Mr. Cohen, speaking on his home phone, excused himself to respond to one 
of the 30 requests a day he has received, this one a CNN booker for 
Anderson Cooper. 'Utterly fantastic, thank you so much,' Mr. Cohen told 
her. 'Do you have it written down there when the car is coming to get 
me?'"


fyi,

MP
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