Sochi as stand-in: Is relatively better resort town giving false sense of Russian homo-hostility?

The sports site Deadspin has an interesting take on the journalism that is going on in Sochi. Writer Barry Petchesky's argument is that local journalists who are relying on Sochi (and particularly Sochi's lone gay bar) are actually doing a disservice to the true plight of Russian gays:

Sochi, a resort town that's relatively tolerant by Russian standards, isn't the place to report on the plight of the country's gays. Getting at the larger issues is impossible for journalists credentialed for ju...