US-Russian journalist Masha Gessen won Germany’s Hannah Arendt prize for political thought

A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I wouldn’t use Hollywood as a source. What sells well to the American public? America winning the war.

    In British media, it’s the battle of Britain.

    I imagine Soviet media would show it as operation barbossa barbarossa.

    But yes, scummy as hell.