Vladimir Putin said Thursday that American news outlets are peddling fiction about Russia’s favoritism in the presidential election, echoing an argument made by Republican candidate Donald Trump that the media is rigging the contest in favor of his opponent.
The Russian president was asked to comment on Moscow’s apparent favoritism toward Trump during his appearance at the Valdai Discussion Club, an annual conference in Sochi, Russia. Putin described the narrative as a “complete falsity” being “peddled by mass media” to guarantee the election of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
“When something is getting a spin in mass media, it is never an accident,” …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
