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...glasnost, or openness, in the media. Over the past year the state-run press has been exploring the problems of Soviet society with unprecedented candor, discussing such once forbidden topics as drug abuse, prostitution and urban blight. In addition, newspapers and TV have covered the kinds of national catastrophes???an earthquake, an attempted airplane hijacking and the sinking of a Soviet submarine?that were once hushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Different Degrees of Candor | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

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