Chapter 191 The Provocation of Komsomolskaya Pravda
High-speed text first
Mobile synchronous reading
"Maintaining Party Discipline and State Law, or Eliminating Dissidents——The Truth of Georgia"?
The article published on the front page of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" completely frightened many readers rushing to work. The task force sent to Georgia declared war.
The reporters of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" vividly portrayed for readers a group of bureaucrats who ran from the political center Moscow to remote Georgia, holding chicken feathers as arrows, and using their power to do evil and show off their power. This has given many lower class people a deep sense of identity. In the past few years, the economy of the Soviet Union has gone from bad to worse, prices have soared, and a large number of young and strong returned from Afghanistan have no jobs. It's getting harder. However, many government officials and gangsters have made a fortune in the name of reform. So when this article in "Komsomolskaya Pravda" came out, many readers felt sincere admiration for "Komsomolskaya Pravda" who dared to speak the "truth".
Seryozha's thieves and thieves directed the anger of the common people to Ligachev, the number two figure in the Soviet Party. Seryozha knew very well that this report by "Komsomolskaya Pravda" was very biased, and the parties interviewed in the article were all cadres of the local Shevardnadze faction in Georgia. Ordinary people are not clear about the struggles of the Soviet high-level, so they did not see the unobjective problems in this report. The only feeling among ordinary people is that someone has finally told the "truth". But this "truth" was deliberately manipulated by Seryozha. He wanted to use the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" to completely destroy Ligachev's image in the hearts of the Soviet people.
Less than an hour after the article was published, almost all TV and radio in the Soviet Union were discussing this matter enthusiastically. However, they all obviously received pressure from above, and all media including Moscow TV were constantly criticizing this article in Komsomolskaya Pravda. But this could not change the "truth" that the common people believed in, so some people began to call the Moscow Radio Station to ask them to stop slandering the "Komsomolskaya Pravda". Many people even angrily scolded them as Communist officials. running dog. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" won the sincere support of the common people amidst the scolding of the official media. Someone sent many letters and gifts to Komsomolskaya Pravda that day, praising them as the conscientious media of the Soviet Union.
Yakovlev was dumbfounded by Sergey's move, and when he learned about it from his subordinates, he was taken aback. Quickly find the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" of the day to see what they have written. Before he finished reading, Gorbachev called his office. Gorbachev asked Yakovlev what happened to the report of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in a serious tone. Yakovlev swore to Marx that he did not arrange this.
"It wasn't arranged by you, then you should immediately go to the newspaper office of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and let them make a deep reflection,
And published an apology in the newspaper to restore the impact..." Gorbachev said in a bad tone.
"General Secretary, I refuse to interfere with the media's freedom of reporting, unless you remove me..." Yakovlev is an advocate of openness policy, known as the new gray cardinal, and the ideological field is his The scope of work. But he would rather quit than betray his political ideals.
"Then you can explain to Ligachev yourself..." Gorbachev hung up the phone helplessly.
"Komsomolskaya Pravda" has caused a big mess, but they are now Seryozha's canaries, so Seryozha has to protect them from the wind and rain. In the midst of the siege by the state media, Seryozha asked Yeltsin to come out to share the pressure for him. So Yeltsin used the contacts he had accumulated as Secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee to find an opportunity to make his voice heard on Radio Moscow.
At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, when most people finished their day's work and were on their way home, a familiar voice came from the radio.
"Hello, fellow citizens of Moscow, my name is Yeltsin..."
When many people heard this sentence, they couldn't help stopping their hurried steps. After all, Yeltsin has not been out of office for long. But he didn't show up for a long time, but many legends about him spread among the people. Some people said that he was in the KGB prison, some said that he had been killed by Gorbachev, and some even said that Yeltsin was seriously ill. This is Yeltsin's first public appearance in more than half a year. Many citizens who were satisfied with Yeltsin's time in charge of Moscow liked this unassuming and vigorous city party secretary very much.
"I read the latest issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda this morning, like many ordinary people, and after reading it, I am both angry and happy that our bureaucracy has grown to the point of unbridled , but we are glad that we still have a conscientious media such as "Komsomolskaya Pravda."
"Many comrades may not care much about politics, thinking that only officials should worry about it, but we can feel that life is getting more and more difficult. I don't know if you have noticed that our government has not released economic data for a long time Why, because they dare not face their own incompetence. I used to be one of them. When I pointed out at the plenary meeting of the Central Committee that our reforms had no achievements and were just bragging, they did not hesitate to deprive All my duties."
"Comrades, today almost all television and radio stations are criticizing Komsomolskaya Pravda for its arrogance and ignorance, criticizing them for distorting the facts, but what is the truth? The truth is in Georgia! No one can distort it. I Throw all the newspapers into the trash can today, because I think only Komsomolskaya Pravda is the media that tells the truth."
"Comrades, make your choice, keep silent and let those incompetent people make our country worse and worse, or face reality and stand up bravely to those officials who don't speak up Say no!"