Max Fisher: CNN's effusive coverage of Kazakhstan is quietly sponsored by its subject

The Atlantic :: CNN's first-ever live broadcast from Kazakhstan would seem to be a small but important landmark moment for CNN International, bringing its enormous audience into contact with a corner of the world they might otherwise never experience. But there's more than meets the eye to this cheery series, and some apparent overlap in mission and tone with the Kazakh government's recent, high-profile lobbying campaign.

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A report by Max Fisher, www.theatlantic.com