You may laugh in disbelief, but there was a time in the early 90s before the internet, when Pravda was far more truthful and less biased than Dan Rather and the MSM. I used to see them nightly on the Educational TV channel and they matter of factly reported what happened without interjecting their opinions. The MSM however, was very coordinated and biased (same news stories, same angles).
The tables have now turned with coming of the new media, the blogosphere and the new government control of the Russian media, so now the west has regained te #1 position where the truth can be learned from the news.