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The Economist f'ed up completely on the Nord Stream explosion. They reported as though there was no doubt Russia did it, and told a story of Russia wanting to m
by groot2581 4y ago
The Economist f'ed up completely on the Nord Stream explosion. They reported as though there was no doubt Russia did it, and told a story of Russia wanting to more permanently cut off Russian gas to Europe, which didn't make sense. They wrote off doubters as unpatriotic.
- bakuninsbart 4y agoThe vast majority of media did, and citizens as well. Here in Germany all mainstream media suggested Russia as the likely culprit. Which then of course made it into the canon as "Russia did it", when it was always one of the lowest-probability scenarios to begin with. Russia had no motive outside of a false-flag with extremely low probability of successfully blaming the US or Ukraine. Meanwhile, the US actually had a motive, and said they would do it. Ukraine had a motive, the ability and now some ICs are pointing the finger at them. Still our media here suggests a Russian false flag as equally likely, and people are actually eating it up.
- _5uxp 4y agoAs a media corp. The Economist just follows certain leads and filters to lie. Sometimes obvious, sometimes not so.