HOW SOVIET JOURNALISTS RATE U.S. NEWSPAPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300330009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 23, 1969
• Content Type: NSPR

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2 3 SEP 1969
~ , -The Chicago Tribune
Soviet Jo'i has "a boulevard characf
? extreme right circles.'
_ertain aspects of the
cizes
'
Union, as du ,..u. r .. ... _C.Lne ivew ivrn ".".7 . - -----
t?.dent" daily newspaper, News is "a boulevard. -The'Washington Daily
k which "sometimes crib- newspaper which expres- News ')supports reactiona
described by Zhurnalist, =The Los A n g e l e s. --The a s
..... ................ of ma:...,,,, ut,,.,,Ar ,,,,,,Gnrvativa Fvrninq Star "reflects the.
MOSCOW (UPI)----So far guished to the Russians, -The Washington Post
as the Russians are con- according to Zhurnalist's Is "formally regarded as
cerned, the St. Louis Post brief account about the independent. It supports
D i s p a t c h and the Des U.S. Press: the liberal wing of big
Moines Re g i s t e r a r e .-The New York Times 'bourgeoisie." -
)America's two top quality "is an influential paper -The Baltimore Sun is
newspapers. ? ? closely tied with big cape- "closely tied with financial
; . The Post Dispatch was talist monopolies." circles." 111 . I ' m
tar, pursues policies o
~ conservative monopolistic
Sa , ,
. Nevi sp circles'in'the Middle'
.
iwith moder4-te outlook.!
All other leading Ameri-
Ccari :.dailies appeared less,
C?independgnt;,: 4urJ` ;:distinf;;
s poli-
government
.the Chicago Sun Times
~"
F; were classitiea as organs
"liberal bourgeoisie." w
"practically supports poll-.'
~?. dies oJ: the Democratic
Party:'.
-The Wali. Street Jour-
i-
bu
s
nal is'".the organ of
Hess circles. Reflects right-
LL Ist views."
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sco
he San Franc
F;--,
nce
es the Christian Scie
doe
2` Monitor; which "though,
t formally a religious news
uential po)itical:daily,";
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