Friday, September 16, 2016

Russia Kicks Pornhub to the Curb, Trump Gets the Blame?

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump (C) walks with vice presidential candidate Mike Pence (L) and family members after arriving for an event on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., July 20, 2016

Russia’s recent ban on adult entertainment site Pornhub has given certain Russophobes the chance once again to, somehow, equate Moscow with Donald Trump. What’s the deal?

It’s no secret that Russia has become the go-to scapegoat for problems that ail the Democratic Party. Rather than address the substance of DNC hacks revealing the party’s cronyism and preference for Hillary Clinton over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, officials have shamelessly accused Russia of being behind the cyberattack, without any evidence.
 
But the "Russian boogeyman" narrative extends beyond the DNC. The mainstream media has also jumped on the bandwagon. In an article for the Washington Post, forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu went so far as to suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for Clinton’s pneumonia spell. Now Politico and Foreign Policy writer Julia Ioffe has seized on Russia’s recent decision to ban adult entertainment site Pornhub as an excuse to taunt Clinton’s political rival, Donald Trump.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/politics/20160915/1045351716/russia-pornhub-ioffe-tweet.html

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