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Media Hype: Moscow Style
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11140 |
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CURRENT ISSUES
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3 / 1986 |
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Allan C. Brownfeld
Allan C. Brownfeld is a Washington-based journalist and the
author of five books, the latest of which is The Revolution
Lobby (with J. Michael Waller). He is also associate editor
of The Lincoln Review. |
From the moment in the 1930s when American journalists first established themselves in Moscow until today, the American reading and viewing audience has, in large measure, been misled about the reality of life in the Soviet Union.
Only recently, however, a respected American journalist, Andrew Nagorski of Newsweek, issued a harsh indictment of the manner in which his colleagues do their job in Moscow.
Nagorski was the kind of correspondent Soviet officials dislike: He spoke Russian, was married to a Polish-born woman, had many Russian friends, and often traveled outside Moscow to learn what ordinary citizens thought and said about their country.
From the moment of his arrival in May 1981, until he was expelled for "impermissible methods of journalistic activities" in August 1982, Nagorski was a thorn in the side of the Kremlin. He became the first American reporter to be thrown out of Russia since 1977.
During his 14 months in the Soviet Union, Nagorski traveled to eight cities, covering stories ranging from official corruption in the Black Sea resort of Sochi to the qualms of draft-age Soviet Muslims living near Afghanistan. From testimony given at the Moscow trial of two projectionists who were fighting their dismissal from the Soviet state film organization, he learned--and reported--about a secret trove of Western movies that had been assembled for the enjoyment of the Kremlin elite.
Nagorski's recently published book, Reluctant Farewell
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