Word: purgee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Back in Moscow, the Soviet propaganda machine, slow in starting, had finally begun cranking out excuses for the military action. In a 13,000-word editorial, Pravda offered detailed criticism of the behavior of the leading Prague progressives, describing Dubcek as a "betrayer of Communist ideals." Pravda was particularly severe...
In the wake of their strike against Gaullist censorship (TIME, July 26), 102 of France's broadcast journalists have been forced out of their jobs or received transfers. Among the dismissed: News Panel Moderator Jacques Legris, Foreign Affairs Analyst Emmanuel de La Taille and Star Sportscaster Roger Couderc. The...
A leading victim of that purge was ex-Premier Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a retired major general and a Baathist from the movement's romantic early days. Though Al-Bakr retired to his Baghdad home, he constantly plotted against the Arefs. One abortive but memorable 1964 attempt involved six...
Ultimate Purge. Newsmen have never been allowed to put penetrating questions to government officials. Instead, the routine suggestion is: "Please explain your program to the viewers." Where Gaullist drum beating is given plenty of time, opposition leaders are permitted to appear only fleetingly, and usually in a background still photo...
What so excited the Russians was a growing number of democratic measures in Czechoslovakia that are unheard of in most other Communist countries (see following story). The Russians apparently decided that matters had got out of hand when Prague newspapers printed a manifesto demanding that hard-line and usually pro...