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The spirit of reform reached the Soviet mass media almost immediately after Gorbachev announced the policy, and journalists remained on the forefront of the movement, often a bit ahead of it. A TV news program that riveted viewers with its revelations of official corruption and incompetence was «Projector of Perestroika», launched in 1986, whose producers spoke openly of the tensions that the new journalism had created in official circles.
The spirit of reform reached the Soviet mass media almost immediately after Gorbachev announced the policy, and journalists remained on the forefront of the movement, often a bit ahead of it. A TV news program that riveted viewers with its revelations of official corruption and incompetence was «Projector of Perestroika», launched in 1986, whose producers spoke openly of the tensions that the new journalism had created in official circles.
![Trial of the Industrial Party [Thirteen Days] (1930)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g4M_Jd030a8/mqdefault.jpg "Trial of the Industrial Party [Thirteen Days] (1930)
I. Demonstration. II. Confessions of guilt of Ramzin, Kalinnikov. III. Explanation of Ochkin (Ramzins secretary). IV. Sentencing of Ramzin")
