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Amid these heightened tensions, the [[mainstream media]] in the United States and Europe joined in the full-scale Russia/Putin-bashing, holding Russia at fault for everything. A new McCarthyism emerged, deeming anyone who dared disagree a “Moscow surrogate” or a “Russian propagandist.”

Amid these heightened tensions, the [[mainstream media]] in the United States and Europe joined in the full-scale Russia/Putin-bashing, holding Russia at fault for everything. A new McCarthyism emerged, deeming anyone who dared disagree a “Moscow surrogate” or a “Russian propagandist.”

The ugliness penetrated into the U.S. presidential campaign because Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] took a belligerent line toward Russia while Donald Trump broke with the Republican establishment and called for improved ties between Washington and Moscow.

The ugliness penetrated into the [[2016 U.S. presidential campaign]] as [[Hillary Clinton]] took a belligerent line toward Russia while Donald Trump broke with the Republican establishment and called for improved ties between Washington and Moscow.

This hysteria over Russia gained added strength because Democrats were so angry over Trump’s election that [[liberal]] and [[progressive]] operatives saw a chance to build a movement and raise lots of money by pushing the Trump-Putin accusations.

This hysteria over Russia gained added strength because Democrats were so angry over Trump’s election that [[liberal]] and [[progressive]] operatives saw a chance to build a movement and raise lots of money by pushing the Trump-Putin accusations.