The contrast between the uproar in Russia over the raunchy celebrity party and the silence over the deadly attacks on Ukraine highlighted the warped information space that has emerged in Russia in the nearly two years since Moscow’s full-scale invasion.[Paul Sonne, Russian Celebrities Caught ‘Almost Naked’ Are Now Dressing to Appease, Jan. 22, 2024.]
Totally. And that's not all.
Our President, who considers the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary so insignificant he didn't bother to run in either one, has declared the former guy winner of the Republican nomination this year on the strength of his wins in…Iowa and New Hampshire.
[To give the man his due, Biden won the New Hampshire Democratic primary anyway, surging on what the Times calls a "scrappy write-in campaign" to a victory over some guy from Minnesota and Marianne Williamson.]
Warped information spaces are having a moment, it seems.
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