"Putin presides over a violent political and legal system in which journalists have been killed" is less catchy though.
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Imagine if US journalists attributed every death which occurs within the US system to the president's personal whim. "Obama murders Afghans"
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I'm arguing that lazy US media hordes vilify foreign leaders using standards they'd never apply to the UShttps://twitter.com/Weishampel/status/884102810102575105 …
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Feel free to ignore the analysis of Russian journalists who actually know what they're talking about, and parrot cheap talking points.
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the author of the piece seems to accept British intel's conclusion that Putin was probably behind the Litvinenko killing
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Try reading the article I linked to. Very carefully. Then you can join back up with the "Demonize The Evil Foreign Leader" hordes.
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Yes, because US media mindlessly demonizing foreign leaders and stigmatizing dissenting viewpoints has never had any adverse consequences.
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You are correct, sir! Good thing this demonizing isn't mindless. Thanks for the advice!
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Wow, extremely clever.
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@mtracey who claims assault by Maxine Waters thinks it wasn't so bad that Putin assasinated a dissident with polonium tea. Wow. - 4 more replies
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Based off the article generally fair, while more nuanced than one would guess at first but your tweets portray it more dismissive than it is
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The article casts the "Putin murders journalists" line as uttered by O'Reilly as over-simplistic.
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What-aboutism aside, Putin was Litvinenko's former employer. So, you agree he probably had a hand in that murder, right?
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Why do you think Obama repeatedly praised and collaborated with Putin, notwithstanding this 2006 event? TREASON!
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Bloomberg reported 99 deaths (2016) as proof of "brutal and opaque" Russia jails. 4426 deaths in US jails (2013). Mote, meet beam.pic.twitter.com/8jQ6hxv2R0
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Source for US data? Also, are we comparing apples and oranges (e.g. deaths by guard or inmate violence vs. deaths by old age [common in US])
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my god you blame HRC for the entire iraq war and *here* you're taking a stand against reductionism? be a bigger putin apologist



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