The missing 'If' that could get us killed: How Western media distorted Putin's words about war with Europe
Media Bias,Russia,Vladimir Putin,Ukraine War,Eastern Europe,Europe,European Union,Moscow
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A depressing pattern has taken hold in the way parts of the Western press cover Russia: take a volatile subject, strip it of the conditional language that contains it, and then act surprised when the public grows more fearful, more hardline, and less able to distinguish deterrent rhetoric from an intent to attack.
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