Democracy and the Press

The primary method of presentation here is flattening. "Russia" and "America" are flattened into units, which are then compared to one another, and found to be surprisingly alike, as a result of further flattening. "The press" in the two societies mean quite different things and behave in quite different ways. The "Americans" who don't read between the lines have been surprisingly interested in John Stewart, in that case, for example. Russian society is in the midst of a whipped-up war hysteria. You have seen how that works in the US in your lifetime, too, and it's rather different also.

Your points don't require this flattening form of presentation in order to be useful. One might even say that they are better unflattened.