This American Life is not up to their usual standard this week. First act is basically the 9/11 truther episode of Russian politics. -- (edited)
Posted by
mafic
Apr 20 '17, 06:34
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Did Vladimir Putin blow up a bunch of apartment buildings to score himself the presidency? No, and there's no compelling evidence to suggest he did.
Is there some weirdness, and a few unanswered questions surrounding the explosions? Sure. Always is around these things.
Did he use it to distract people and get a bunch of things through he wanted to do anyway? Absolutely. See also: PATRIOT act.
That first act is the worst piece of journalism they've produced since the foxcom episode.
(Edited for typo)
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