HOW SOVIET JOURNALISTS RATE U.S. NEWSPAPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300050003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 23, 1969
• Content Type: NSPR

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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
Dispatch and the Des U.S. press: the liberal wing of big
Moines Register are -The New York Times 'bourgeoisie."
F1Amcrica's two top quality :."is an influential paper -The Baltimore Sun is
1 newspapers. closely tied with big capi ' "closely tied with financial
The Post Dispatch was talist monopolies." circles."-
described by Zhurnalist, "The Los Angeles, . -The Washington.
t}le monthly magazine of ,Times "holds conservative Evening Star "reflects the.
,',;~E h e. Soviet Journalists -positions." ' views of big industrial - 11
'~ Union, as an "indepen-.. -The New York Daily and financial circles.".
.dent" d a i l y newspaper, ?.N e w s' is "a boulevard`,;, --The'Washington Daily
which "sometimes criti newspaper which expres-' News "supports reactiona
cites certain aspects of the :,~~nti}ne-t$_.R.f,., t- : ry circles."
(U.S.) government's poll -The Deriver Yost and
cies." , , 4 the Chicago Sun Times.
were classified as organs of
The Des Moines Register
was described as a paper ."liberal bourgeoisie:'
witli "moderate outlook" -The Now York ,Post"
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g Ameri
All other leadin~ cari . dailies appeared less . "practically supports poll-.'
enendent and,'dip tinri; cies of the Democratic
~.of.bi,g.b~ \ rgeOiSIC . apd..so?
Monitor, which _ "thougn:
aper, is, in practice an inn;
uential political: daily"
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extreme right circles."
W Soviet J Otl r !~1 is --The Chicago T tiara -
J ill 13 has "a linuleva.Ytl charac
The Wa11 5treeti .iuui-
nal is ,.".the organ of busi-
ness circles. Reflects right-
ist views."
_The San Francisco