[lbo-talk] US papers ignore Bush admission

[Peter Lavelle]

I agree, but what is the materal and meaningful differerence? The process may be different but the the desired political ends the powers-that-be are the same. Russia, in this case has learned well from the west, it is preception only that counts.

 

Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
Peter Lavelle wrote:


>In Russia, if you are interested in politics and how the regime 
>functions, you learn to pick out who is paid off to write what for 
>whom

The U.S. system is so advanced that journalists don't even need to be 
bribed to do the admin's work. The professional culture, an ingrained 
deference to power, and the eagerness to preserve "access" do the 
trick.

Doug
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