Why are there so many snowflakes on the Western media Russia beat?

Konstantin Kokoshkin

Few media specialties, or disciplines of Western academia, attract as many sensitive souls as Russia. Rather ironic given the country is constantly associated with “aggression” by the Anglo-American press.

A bit of mild criticism? That’s an unfollow. Offering a different point-of-view? That’s a block. Calling out sloppy fact-checking? That’s a block too. Welcome to the world of Western journalism and punditry on the Russia beat: a self-contained pit of rumor, fear, braggadocio, bullshit, and propaganda.

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