Alexander Lyubimov: “The free man is watching TV” – RBC

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Meeting the well-known television journalist and producer with students NSU held in the framework of a regional forum “From financial capitalism to industrial” held in Novosibirsk party “Civic Platform”, which consists in the Political loved. Also at the meeting was attended by members of the political and civil committee Anna Tereshkova and ex-head of the Novosibirsk branch of the “Civic Platform” Alexander Agafonov.

When communicating with students, Lyubimov said that the media should not be pro-government or opposition – it should be first and foremost objective. Especially, he said, with regard to policy, there are no truths as such – there are different positions and points of view.

At the same time, he believes that to fully do not trust any of the media – necessary to use different sources of information, and based on them to draw their own conclusions. Prepodnosimye rely on media reports – the same thing that entrust the treatment of disease of the church, as a journalist – a professional man in the street, Lyubimov says.

Many things within the profession, of course, has to do with an eye to the political system, but not necessarily in unison with him, he states. At one time, a journalist working with the “United Russia” and the current government, but later, he said, “distanced himself from them”.

Lyubimov would like to come to power in the future politician won it would peacefully through elections and political struggle.

Thinking about modern journalism, Lyubimov noted that Russian television, in his opinion, is stagnating. “Television is created for [emotional] Vampire” – ironically loved. He is confident: “A free man does not watch TV. This is a fairly passive way of spending time. ” Today’s TV propaganda is not started in order to inform and to provide psychotherapeutic effect suggests Lyubimov.

In the 90 years on television was more competition and make it easier to promote the idea, including the expense of untapped information field he recalls, in the same state of the industry today is not enough fresh experiments. In addition, notes journalist, functional training media for the most part moved to the Internet: a complex analytical information easier to digest in writing, rather than on television.

Lyubimov believes that in the future will be to democratize television as his value gradually decreases. Once spread network LTE, everyone will be able to create your channel, predicts journalist.

George Yashunskii