The Brit-Bashing Fetish of American Broadcasters
13th September 2022
Comparing the Russian and American royal coverage of the last few days, you’d never guess which nation was on the UK’s side. Whereas Vladimir Putin has praised the late Queen and Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda called her “the last living titan of the twentieth century,” some of the transatlantic broadcasters appeared to greet the death of the sovereign as little more than an invitation for some good old-fashioned Brit-bashing.