Election Meddling: Bad if Done to USA, Bad to Complain About if Done by USA

15 August 2016 — FAIR

The Washington Post (8/10/16) published what has to be one of the most naked examples of projection ever displayed by a major American paper. The Post’s editorial board, in another effort to bash Russia, lumped its President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s increasingly autocratic ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into a generic “strongman” category, and warned of their paranoia:

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Statewatch News Online, 15 August 2016 (13/16)

15 August 2016 — Statewatch.org • e-mail: office@statewatch.org

You can also access as a pdf  file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/aug/e-mail-gen-15-aug.pdf

NEWS

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3.    French interior minister wants global effort against encryption
4.    HUNGARY-ECHR: Anti-Roma racism, hyperlinks and freedom of expression
5.    UK: Trusts fail to report hundreds of mental health patient deaths to coroners
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