Media vilification of Russia

The leaked instances of violent homophobia, Russia's reactionary politics, and the coincident repeal of DOMA with the Edward Snowden affair, all reveal a self-conscious Western media effort to vilify Russia.While drawing such a link seems absurd, it becomes less so when one considers that social policy is now the only coherent part of US partisan politics; it is the only issue category where it is still possible to rally liberals to support the Obama administration.