Article on Russia in The New Yorker

[Stephanie Sures]

If journalists are subject to what their editor wants, and the articles
must, in general, reflect the politics of a given magazine or newspaper,
that is probably one of the reasons errors are tolerated and even
encouraged. The facts might compromise the number of magazines sold. You
don't give the public the facts, you give them what sells the most. If the
journalist didn't write what his editor wanted (or more precisely, in the
way he wanted), he'd get fired. Self-preservation. 

Stephanie Sures
University of Manitoba

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------