Russia hysteria reaches fever pitch in US media as Trump-Putin summit looms

Published time: 11 Jul, 2018 10:20

Edited time: 11 Jul, 2018 12:52

Countless theories about Donald Trump’s ties to Moscow have become a US media obsession, with mind-numbing Russia hysteria fully embraced by 'respected' outlets ahead of the summit with Vladimir Putin, RT’s Murad Gazdiev reports.

American media have performed dizzying feats of wild speculation in the run-up to the Helsinki meeting on July 16, perhaps best exemplified by a particularly zealous New York Magazine article which suggested that the “private” meeting between Trump and Putin could be “less a negotiation between two heads of state than a meeting between a Russian-intelligence asset and his handler.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/432638-trump-russiagate-journalism-putin/