Communist media in the former Soviet bloc claimed that their purpose was to serve the general public, the industrial workers, and the farmers who made up the vast majority of the population. Yet when...

Communist media in the former Soviet bloc claimed that their purpose was to serve the general public, the industrial workers, and the farmers who made up the vast majority of the population. Yet when the opportunity arose in those countries in the late 1980s, public criticism of the cover-ups and distortions of communist media became a tidal wave.