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How the American "free press" toed the government line on Georgia
Friday, August 22, 2008 :During the first several days of the war between Georgia and Russia, the US medias readers and viewers could find in the nations newspapers and on its airwaves a degree of ambiguity and even rare moments of objectivity. Though vaguely anti-Russian, a good share of the initial coverage tended not to lay the blame for the war fully at the feet of Moscow and provided some insight into the Georgian militarys devastation of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.
Friday, August 22, 2008 :During the first several days of the war between Georgia and Russia, the US medias readers and viewers could find in the nations newspapers and on its airwaves a degree of ambiguity and even rare moments of objectivity. Though vaguely anti-Russian, a good share of the initial coverage tended not to lay the blame for the war fully at the feet of Moscow and provided some insight into the Georgian militarys devastation of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.
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