Colleagues. fellow Americans. beware. The American public got a preview of Gorbachevs salespitch earlier this week in an NBC interview. As todays Washington Post editorial "Who Is Mikhail Gorbachev?" observes. "On television. Mr. Gorbachev can show an undeniable restraint and poise. but these qualities tend to fade when the heat is turned on." The Post went on to note that he falls back on the stereotyped Soviet line when pressed on real questions like Jewish emigration and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Just today. I have received further evidence of the oneway street this glasnost public relations campaign really represents.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker implies that Gorbachev falls back on a 'stereotyped Soviet line' when pressed on Jewish emigration.