Today he is the U.S. bureau chief for Russian Television News. To Goryachev, who delivered the 10th annual McBride Lecture at Simpson October 6, the newspaper business in Russia has flourished under the Yeltsin government, but it is Russian television networks that win elections. In principle American journalism is protected by the First Amendment, so when the New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers, exposing the U.S. government's failed policies in Vietnam, the Supreme Court rules that the paper had a right to do so.
Money takes over and basically society is degraded.
Most people are choosing entertainment. The approach contains some dangers, Goryachev said. Yet, the individuals and businesses who own the Moscow television stations remain somewhat arbitrary about what will be broadcast. Today, those involved in the production of news exercise independence, when it is in the economic interests of the owners, in Goryachev's view. The McBride Lectureship, founded in 1987, honors former Simpson president Robert McBride and his wife, Lue.