HOW SOVIET JOURNALISTS RATE U.S. NEWSPAPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100240007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 23, 1969
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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LOS ANGET,K6 TIMES
2 3 SEP 1Jtii
as t Russians are con-
he
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News is a oue
newspaper which expres-' . , Ne c rc,supports reactiona-
;........ certain aspects of the bed:, A~timet&.S2f., .fie Y
1i -The Delver Yost and
(U.S.) governments Po -
, the Chicago Sun Times
ines Register I' were classified as organs of
The Des 11o
was described as a paper; ? , "liberal bourgeoisie"
with "moderate outlook." .
The .New York Post
"practically supports poli-
r' can dailies appeared less:
ties of the Democratic
t jndepefl4 1t and .: Qistin~,,
Party:"
-The Wall Street Jour-
nal is ?'ahe organ of busi-
ness circles. Reflects right-
, , ist views."
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-The San Francisco
Chronicle "reflects views;
of. big.bourgcoisie'; aria so'
does the Christian Science
Monitor; which "though'.
formally a religious newsy.
paper, is in practice an in,
? extreme right circles."
tp ~"-The Chic,^o ~{~ Soviet Joun& Vila ~~" has "a boulevard charac-
t.cr, pursues policies of
conservative monopolistic
Nwspre's circle's in the Middle
S ? West."
guished to the Russians, -The Washington Post
MOSCOW (UPI)-So far
according to Zhurnalist's is "formally regarded as
Post brief account about the independent. It supports
c
e
its the St. Louis -- ' Des U.S. press: 'the liberal wing big
Dispatch and the ljoilies Register are -The New York Times 'bourgeoisie."
"is an influential paper -The Baltimore Sun is
America's two top quality
closely tied with big cape- "closely tied with financial
r-L'he Post Dispatch was talist monopolies." circles." . - .
-The Los Angeles. -The Washington.
the monthly magazine Of Times "holds conservative " Evening Star "reflects the.
~ Journalists positions." views of big industrial
y -The New York Daily and financial circles.'
onion as an "indepen-
ard The'Washington Daily
"
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