The Infodemic: Authoritarians cheer America’s moral decline; Moscow cancels Musk
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The global conversation about what’s happening across America is shaping one of the most consequential narratives of the post-pandemic world. Below is what you need to know about it.
“Shaming will no longer work”
For decades opposition activists and journalists working in oppressive states around the world would turn to the United States in times of trouble. A press release from an American embassy, a call from the ambassador, a petition signed by members of congress — these were tools that have saved hundreds if not thousands of lives over the years.
But now journalists are being attacked in the streets of Minneapolis and New York. Reporters who are being attacked elsewhere are left with no one to turn to.