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The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists

The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists

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Nick Cohen
Sep 26, 2024
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The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists
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I have always been as interested in what doesn’t happen as in what does. The silence when there should be outrage. The boredom when there ought to be shock.

Too often the scandal is that there is no scandal. Too often, when they are presented with an extraordinary allegation, the audience shrugs and carries on as if nothing has happened.

On 5 September th…

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