On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 03:27:36PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
http://in.rbth.com/arts/people/2016/10/07/the-lighter-side-of-putin-the-spy-...
I just loved that dirty scowl from Merkel when Putin tells her on international TV "well, like first wedding night, -someones- going to get !@#!@#ed". Now here someone points out the obvious - Western media is creating Putin the Superhero: " Only a superhero can bomb terrorists, drive up oil prices, hack Democratic Party servers in the US, influence American elections, and drag Ukraine away from the European path and more all at the same time. In fact, I am 100% sure that the blame for the next wave of the global economic crisis will be at least partially put on Putin. It turns out that Western politicians have created the Putin superhero image and are now wondering: “But what audience likes this?” " The "Putin Phenomenon" and Western Media: An Autopsy http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/10/the-putin-phenomenon-and-western-media.html