You are correct. The US is now like the Eastern block, information wise.
Come on people! As I remember there was a whole lotta fraggin’ goin’ on in Viet Nam. Young GI’s were not about to let some C.O. use them for cannon fodder just to get their medals. If the administration put these lives in big time danger I would be singing like a bird! Wouldn’t give a damn about my career-just getting even.
The Soviets only had Izvestia and Pravda. We have the entire alphabet.