"Even five, six years ago, Izvestia, Pravda and a thousand other Communist papers were written in a language that seemed designed to fill up as much space as possible without actually saying anything. Because, of course, it was dangerous to take up positions that might have to be defended. "  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/opinion/13lessing.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all