18 October 1996 SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNIST rule in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, societies in transition have struggled to build independent media consisting of a pluralistic press and increasingly privatized broadcast outlets. The vertical propaganda imposed by the ultimate voice, the Communist Party, has vanished. Compared with those dark days, dazzling […]
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