Print journalists blame television journalists, whom they see as breezing into town with big budgets and loose ethics. Television reporters from small stations blame big American networks. Some Americans, in turn, blame the Japanese and the power of the mighty yen. And the Japanese blame the Americans for the money-talks mentality that the Soviets have so enthusiastically adopted. Adding to the confusion could be the fact that some government officials apparently don't see the difference between paying an academic a fee to appear on television as an expert and paying a government official for information.
Journalists say more and more analysts, meanwhile, are asking for more and more money.