Barack Obama’s final press conference was marked by an interruption by a Russian reporter from the state-run TASS news agency, the outlet that symbolized Soviet propaganda for decades. Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo cited a number of tweets from journalists present at the presser pointing out that TASS bureau chief, Andrey Sitov, yelled questions at the President three times. When he was not called on, he shouted “You attacked Russia!” at Obama.In an email to TPM, Sitov defiantly mocked the President for helplessly flailing about after Trump’s election:
I think it would have been only fair given that President Obama and …read more
Source: The American Interest
