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Any news about the Russian government should be read with the understanding that the Western political establishment is desperate to find a pretext for entering
by Tycho 8y ago
Any news about the Russian government should be read with the understanding that the Western political establishment is desperate to find a pretext for entering the war in Syria and deposing the Assad regime, which has the military backing of Russia.
- tptacek 8y agoYour theory here being that Masha Gessen is collaborating with the Trump administration.
- Tycho 8y agoNo.
- tptacek 8y agoThen help me understand what your point could be about this New Yorker piece?
- daxorid 8y agoNot the OP, but the obvious interpretation is that the Trump administration is not only not equivalent to, but in opposition to, the "Western political establishment". c.f. the "Deep State". True or not, it's a charitable read of OP.
- tptacek 8y agoI'm fine with s/Trump administration/deep state; the question stands.
- detcader 8y agoCan certain types and angles of reporting be incentivized by the deep state and/or public fervor without direct "collaboration"? Or is every article a state sponsored propaganda-or-nothing deal?
- Bizarro 8y agoYou must feel dirty and have to take a shower after being compelled to defend a thug, piece of shit like Putin.