The U.S. State Dept. Three experts discuss Russia's actions against Media-Most. Browse the NewsHour's coverage of the media . For a further look at the delicate state of press freedom in Russia, we are joined by Ellen Mickiewicz from the Sanford Center of Public Policy at Duke University. Welcome to you.
Television is absolutely overwhelming dominant.
The newspaper industry has just imploded. People depend for news and information heavily on television which is free and over 85 percent of the population gets its news and information solely from television. And as it was mentioned in the piece there are three national networks. The other two are government controlled. One directly owned by the state outright.