In Russian pravda is the word for truth and Izvestia means "delivered messages", or in the case of a magazine or newspaper, "news".
Pravda was the newspaper of the Communist Party and Izvestia was the official newspaper, or magazine of the Soviet Government. There is a distinction there, I just cannot seem to find it.
Perhaps the economy of words in the title is a result of decades of food shortages, as in less is more, or in a totalitarian society the less said the better.
There are two more examples of simple and to the point sentences from Russians that I enjoy.
"They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work."
The next quote comes from the Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff..."In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!"
American media is a little more subtle, yet even though President Obama is not raising as much money as Mitt Romney major news organizations are willing to help the President through "news reporting".
The following headline and photograph comes from ABC News.
"Bain Documents: Romney Offshore Investments Used 'Blockers' To Avoid Taxes"
The photo from the article shows a grim and worried Mitt Romney standing alone and isolated.
The first implication in this headline is that using "blockers" is unethical and "avoid" might be tax fraud, or illegal. The unstated implication is Romney is a member of the 1% and not paying his fair share, whatever that might be, to the government.
The following headline and photographs come from the AP, no the P does not stand for Pravda.
"Forget the Mormon moment; it's about Catholics"
The disparity in size of the two photographs is interesting. The Vice-President is shown as animated, as is the crowd. The Obama slogan Forward is shown in the background along with the flag of the United States. Paul Ryan is portrayed as alone, and possibly hard of hearing.
As the Korean War was ending the Communists partially sawed off the legs of the chairs that the U.S. Officers sat in to make them appear smaller in photographs at the truce table. These photographs from the AP article are just as biased, and just as childish.
The headline is fairly innocuous. The content of the article is a mile wide and an inch deep.
What is not reported can be just as helpful to President Obama as what is reported. Just as one, and possibly two U.S. Border patrol agents, and who knows how many Mexican citizens have died as a result of the U.S. government selling arms to Mexican drug cartels, so has the interest of journalists in reporting the story died.
http://news.yahoo.com/forget-mormon-moment-catholics-081339027.html?_esi=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bain-documents-romney-offshore-investments-blockers-avoid-taxes/story?id=17067015
