Ideas on Putin

A serious question and issue brought up by many in America is the topic of Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, seemingly more dictator if you ask me. When we here the name Putin, many thoughts and assumptions come to mind, ranging from simply a political figure of Russia, to a threat to foreign assets and the list goes on. When I looked at two news organizations they both showed different points on President Vladimir Putin. Looking at the New York Times, I noticed the way that they reported on Putin, they showed him in a particularly negative view. By using language in their article like, "denounced what he called the global domination of one superpower," and "unstoppable." Putin is pictured as an unstoppable tyrant taking over weaker states and a figure that denounces the West's actions, primarily America. They write about him as, "risking the consequences," this puts him in a place of problem being the center of global debate. Overall, The New York Times portrayed Putin as a horrible man, that won't listen to the West and is unstoppable with power.

On the other hand, looking at an article by CBS, they used a different line of language. They portrayed Putin, as a law abiding good citizen, with good intentions for his country. In the recent events which he's decided to step down soon as president, it's written that he'll step down in line with the Russian Constitution, this shows him as being law abiding, a man of law. He stated how his continued present in office would not be for the greater good of Russia, shows his interest and devotion towards the Russian people, betterment of the people. In a speech given by him after his election he thanks the people for the win in their election of an open honest election. Using the words open, and honest, show his positive connotation of himself and the people. The overall view from this CBS article showed Putin as being a good, law abiding man with no selfish intentions. I consider both sources accurate in their reporting but all I have to say is that there's probably more than meets the eye when think of Putin, so even though the article uses opposite tones towards the Russian president, they both are technically correct. But the reason we hold such negative connotations and ideas towards Putin is because the news sources we've seen portray as tyrannical. There quite possible is much more than we know.

CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-for-life-vladimir-putin-opens-up/
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/world/europe/ukraine.html?_r=0