"The Russian coverage I have seen has been much better than much of the Western coverage," one senior journalist said, adding, "My view is that Russia Today is not particularly biased at all. When you look at the Western media, there is a lot of genuflection towards the powers that be. Russian news coverage is largely pro-Russia, but that is to be expected."[1] William Dunbar told The Wall Street Journal that when he tried to file a report on the August 1 shelling of the Georgian villages by the South Ossetians, his editors weren't interested in the story.[16]