The recent media frenzy about US claims of Russian intervention in Donald trump’s election victory is a “fake news” campaign designed by Washington to install tyranny in the US, says an analyst in Chicago.
Stephen Lendman made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday, a day after the White House said Trump knew of Moscow’s efforts to help him win the November 8 election.
Speaking on Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest also claimed that the Republican president-elect knew Moscow was trying to undermine the campaign of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by hacking some Democratic organizations.
“Well, this is what is called fake news,” Lendman said. “The real fake news is what comes down at the White House and Congress and the New York Times and all the major media in America and the Western society.”
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