i don’t blame the indians; the americans have already tried to screw them over a couple times in living memory and the indians managed to evade it each time entirely thanks to their relationship with the russians.
I wasn’t blaming anyone, I was pointing out that it has become way too normalised for “people familiar with…” and “speaking on condition anonymity…” etc to be pushed as credible sources by news agencies that claim to be “gold standards” of journalism. At best it is lazy, too often the subtext is, “we are making this shit up.”
The point of that story to promote rage about how western sanctions are being evaded
i don’t blame the indians; the americans have already tried to screw them over a couple times in living memory and the indians managed to evade it each time entirely thanks to their relationship with the russians.
I wasn’t blaming anyone, I was pointing out that it has become way too normalised for “people familiar with…” and “speaking on condition anonymity…” etc to be pushed as credible sources by news agencies that claim to be “gold standards” of journalism. At best it is lazy, too often the subtext is, “we are making this shit up.”
The point of that story to promote rage about how western sanctions are being evaded
either that or manufacturing consent for taking action against those “breaking international law”