1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger Chapter , Yet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight." ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..."
2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia Chapter , In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.
