Pravda takes a not unexpected, yet scathing stance in Charlie Wilson's death notice this evening.
The headline reads "[i]n the USA, the congressman who authorized the supply of weapons to the mujahideen has died." The article goes on to tersely mention his appropriating funds for covert missions arming the mujahideen to fight the Soviets. It ends with "[i]n 1980 he was charged with drug use, but the investigation conducted by the Justice Department's prosecutor, the future mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani, had to be abandoned due to lack of evidence." (My translation.)
This comes on the heels, coincidentally, of an RT special today on the American 'media machine' (I believe they called it) which is, they claim, designed to distract viewers from the substance of news with flashy presentation of the news.
Now, contrast this presentation with that of four other news agencies: CNN, the BBC, the CBC and let's throw in Al Jazeera.
They all mention the film, his arming the mujahideen, but CNN and Al Jazeera (parts of which bare a resemblance to CNN's article) both explain, from their own perspectives, the aftermath in Afghanistan of the soviet repulsion.
CNN quotes the delicately-phrased Gov (TX) Rick Perry: "Charlie Wilson led a life that was oversized even by Hollywood's standards." Compare this with Pravda's assertion in the first paragraph.
