The cowardice of US press

The reaction of the US press to Edward Snowden is only yet another indication of the political cowardice of the press.  Imagine if a Russian or a Chinese man/woman were to do the same as Snowden? He/she would have been uniformly hailed and lauded and he/she would have received tons of Western awards and honors.  Utter hypocrisy.   They want courage and defiance but only outside of their borders, where obedience, conformity, and loyalty are the orders of the day and night.