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Imagine if this were a Russian or Chinese story of this magnitude - isn't this how its press would report the story? Wouldn't we be surprised if the press did not focus on the circus of the affair and failings of the accusers rather than the abusive power of the state.

Would not the US press mock the complete blurring of state propaganda and journalistic ethics?

This is a travesty for an institution that holds a constitutional responsibility as a check on the state. Our press has mostly turned into a deliberate pun - The Peoples Magazine.