Countries like Venezuela, Russia and China are using Washington's 'war on the media' to justify their own erosion of the free press George W Bush's 'war on terror' gave cover to despots around the world - from China, to Turkey and Russia - for violent crackdowns of minority groups seeking greater freedoms. Once these groups were re-cast as 'terrorists', it was hard for the West to criticize the states that used heavy-handed tactics against them. Now, Washington DC has invented another 'war' that...
Despots are embracing Donald Trump's 'war on the media' with open arms | Isaac Stone Fish
The Guardian - 13 Mar 2017 16:38
Countries like Venezuela, Russia and China are using Washington's 'war on the media' to justify their own erosion of the free press George W Bush's 'war on terror' gave cover to despots around the world - from China, to Turkey and Russia - for violent crackdowns of minority groups seeking greater freedoms. Once these groups were re-cast as 'terrorists', it was hard for the West to criticize the states that used heavy-handed tactics against them. Now, Washington DC has invented another 'war' that...
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