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The degradation of mainstream American press coverage of Russia, a country still vital to US national security, has been under way for many years. If the recent tsunami of shamefully unprofessional and politically inflammatory articles in leading newspapers and magazines-particularly about the Sochi Olympics, Ukraine and, unfailingly, President Vladimir Putin-is an indication, this media malpractice is now pervasive and the new norm.
Distorting Russia: How the US Media Misrepresent Sochi, Putin, and Ukraine
by Stephen Cohen

UPD. Хорошо Стивен Коэн вклеил историку из Йеля Тимоти Снайдеру (который часто пишет агитпроп).