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:
The piece began by mocking foreign leaders who blame outside influences (the United States, for example) for interfering in their domestic affairs:
One of the enduring rules of autocracy is that a strongman must not admit something is amiss inside the kingdom. Instead, troubles …read more
Source: FAIR
