Connect the dots

Natural gas behemoth Gazprom is buying Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's most widely read newspaper. The Kremlin is majority owner of Gazprom. Gaaaaaaaaaah! Vlad, baby, isn't it enough to control the TV airwaves and to be able to convict journalists that make you look bad?

There are very few things that make me grateful for the "independent" news media in the U.S.. What head of state wouldn't want the country's biggest newspaper in his or her pocket?