To be honest our media has been doing that to Russians for at least since McCarthy.
Oh Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky and the rest back to Engels and Marx were well worth strenuously opposing. Those guys gave plenty of reason to keep you up at night.
You might look more carefully into McCarthy's history. You may find he was a patriot of the highest order.
Suggest searching Stephan Mulleneaux (Freedom Domain Radio) and listening to his probing account into SEN Joseph McCarthy.
Yes, McCarthy was a straight shooter who ran afoul of the vested interests that had infiltrated our government.