Putin's America, cont.

October 7, 2006: Independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered in her Moscow apartment.

July 9, 2004: American journalist Paul Klebnikov shot on the streets of Moscow.

March 13, 2006: Russian journalist Ilya Zmin murdered in his apartment building.

March 21, 2008: Russian journalists Ilyas Shurpayev and Gadzhi Abashilov murdered on the same day.

From the Committee to Protect Journalists: Business, official corruption, and human rights abuses are among Russia’s most dangerous beats. Fourteen journalists have been murdered with impunity since 1998. They include the well-known investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, shot in her apartment building in 2006, and the American editor Paul Klebnikov, gunned down on a Moscow street in 2004.
Impunity Index Rating: 0.098 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.

Yeah, Andrew. Sarah Palin’s refusing to meet with the press in a manner you deem to be timely is exactly like living in Putin’s Russia. How can these fools in the American press be so complacent!