[IonImplantGuru]

I'm not defending - in general - the NYT. However, much of the real dirt on Uncle Joe came out long after his death. He croaked in 53, but if memory serves it wasn't until Solzhenitzen's work got disseminated in the West beginning in the mid-60s that Stalin's true savagery became recognized by the general public - as opposed to a few Russophiles privy to inside dope.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Suppression of information regarding Stalin's barbarism was due in large part to the American media. It was their way of thumbing their collective noses at the 'better dead than red' mentality which they saw as frightening and destructive.