Former CNN Moscow Chief Feels 'Intense Sadness' at Gorbachev's Demise

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 31, 2022
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In the immediate wake of the world learning that former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev was finally acting like a good communist, CNN’s immediate reaction was to air glowing eulogies for a man who led one of the most evil empires in human history. In back-to-back hours on Tuesday, CNN showed “intense sadness” and took part in revisionist history claiming Gorbachev was the one responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall and ending the Cold War.

Following a video eulogy of Gorbachev’s life by senior international correspondent Matthew Chance, The Lead fill-in host Kasie Hunt looked to former CNN Moscow Bureau chief Jill Dougherty. “Gorbachev was such an extremely influential politician and leader in Russian history,” Hunt touted. “You lived in Russia for about a decade. You met Gorbachev several times. How -- what was your reaction when you heard he passed?”

Dougherty didn’t hold back and admitted she felt “intense sadness” over the death of a brutal leader who violently put down peaceful demonstrations in Lithuania and Latvia. “Gorbachev, I think, in contrast to any previous certainly Soviet leader, was a personal leader. He had extraordinary charisma,” she fondly recalled.

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