>It is a classical Russian propaganda defense: answer an accusation on human rights violations with "and you are lynching Negroes" or similar. Really? Because

>It is a classical Russian propaganda defense: answer an accusation on human rights violations with "and you are lynching Negroes" or similar. Really? Because it's also called "pot calling the kettle black". Being a "classic defence" doesn't make it wrong. Even if both sides are equally bad, the accuser is hypocritical on top of that. >Kremlin is paying bloggers and commenters in Russia to post positive things about authorities: Do they now? "There is quite an incredible spread of relationships. You don’t need to manipulate Time magazine, for example, because there are [Central Intelligence] Agency people at the management level." -- William B. Bader, former CIA intelligence officer, briefing members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, The CIA and the Media, by Carl Bernstein "The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." -- William Colby, former CIA Director, quoted by Dave Mcgowan, Derailing Democracy (it goes far back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird )