The New York Times and the Soviet Union

After several east european satellites of the soviet union fell in quick succession, the new york times was full of stories about people who could finally speak the truth. After several weeks it occurred to them that they hadn't really covered the former establishment, the communists. So they sent one of their reporters to checosovakia to see how the communists were faring and what they thought about the changes that were taking place. And in his first article he sent from prague, said, well, i went looking for communists, and i couldn't find a communist anywhere. People who had made a career by rising in the communist party, running communist organizations, now all saying that...