From Russiagate to Chinagate: Hyping Up Foreign Enemies is Now a U.S. Election Tradition
- Rania Khalek
- Tuesday 10 Sep 24
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With the 2024 election two months away, the US government and corporate media are pushing a fresh wave of disinformation about “foreign interference.”
BreakThrough’s Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ben Becker exposes how the State Department narrative that Russia, China, and Iran are plotting to influence the election is part of a revived McCarthyism, aimed at fueling endless wars and silencing critics of the US government.
“Both candidates can scapegoat this or that foreign adversary,” explains Ben, “they both get talking points that allow people to think about the ‘foreign enemy’ instead of the real problems at home and the enemies who we can easily name on Wall Street.”
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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