Russophobia reaches fever pitch in US media as Trump-Putin summit approaches

RT
Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:37 UTC

Countless theories about Donald Trump's ties to Moscow have become a US media obsession, with mind-numbing Russia hysteria fully embraced by 'respected' outlets ahead of the summit with Vladimir Putin, RT's Murad Gazdiev reports.

American media have performed dizzying feats of wild speculation in the run-up to the Helsinki meeting on July 16, perhaps best exemplified by a particularly zealous New York Magazine article which suggested that the "private" meeting between Trump and Putin could be "less a negotiation between two heads of state than a meeting between a Russian-intelligence asset and his handler."

Similar evidence-deficient outbursts can be found in the pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post - raising questions about loosening standards at outlets once hailed as models of journalistic excellence.

But even more brazen Russia-baiting can be found on television. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow - the poster girl of 'Putin ate my homework' journalism - rarely goes without launching into a tirade about Moscow's nefarious plots against America.

As Gazdiev points out, her program was the most-watched US news show in March. Journalism, it seems, has become just another form of entertainment.

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gdpetti · 2018-07-11T17:25:07Z

"Fever Pitch"??? Really? Only the choir listens to those media sites, so they are really just perpetuating a circle jerk phenomenon and they don't want to stop till the blood stops flowing... and since the MSM day's of maintaining the publics' attention grows dimmer and dimmer by the day, isn't this 'fever' really just their own? Loss of blood will do that at first.... then the body will slowly grow cold... as no one is listening.. all this fake revolt is just the usual scare tactics to get people riled up... but no one listens to them except their 'choir' of friends and family... you have to be living in one of these targeted large urban areas to even get a glimpse of said, 'revolt'.... and this is always the case worldwide... only the real ones draw the people out of their homes and unto the streets... that isn't the case here... obvious fake propaganda porn. Isn't this the OWO's real problem? They can't get the herd of their sheeple to pay them any attention any more.... so what next but a fake 'war'? And still no takers? then what? wait till nature takes its course? Or just pretend and keep the circle jerk going till you bleed to death?

GregH335 · 2018-07-11T18:06:16Z

The lack of ethics and honesty in journalism today is very disturbing.... I'm sure the founding fathers didn't anticipate the bias and lies the media is responsible for today.... If they had any idea, they probably wouldn't have supported the "Freedom of the Press" without some requirement of media responsibility.