Finally, an American journalist who has a grasp of what really goes on in Russia. For that matter she seems to have a clearer understanding of Washington than most media people. In this piece she takes some potshots at Lawrence O'Donnell because she was invited on his show as a Russia expert, and then he basically didn't let her explain her views. Why has so much of the American media become a circus of repetition, mirroring the "official" views of some Washington power broker.It's almost as if they want us all to believe that everything happening in the world today is the result of somebody, who is in total control, pulling strings behind the scenes. Who, then, is pulling the strings on global warming?