Article on Russia in The New Yorker

[Leslie Farmer]

In a message dated 2/1/07 14:47:38, pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU writes:


> Same here. We just had the Carter thing here at Brandeis. I attended the
> event, which was very civilized and enlightening, from several perspectives.
> But if you'd only seen the media, you'd have been surprised to find the
> campus still standing when you got there. This was a very instructive for
> me. I would add, though, that the most pervasive problem is the
> incompleteness of the accounts--even the good ones.
> 

Yes. I recall working as a journalist in Beirut (late 60s) and getting a 
frantic telegram from my mother--according to the LA Times, most of Beirut was in 
flames, one huge riot, etc.   At the times there were some minor and localized 
demonstrations and I was walking around without even having to show my ID 
card.   "If it bleeds, it leads."

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