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It Isn't a Rigged Election. That Doesn't Mean It's Fair.
Today's American journalists should have learned a lesson from their 1996 Russian counterparts.
Before Trump, there was Zyuganov.
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Donald Trump's claim of election rigging may be just the desperate excuse of an almost-beaten contender for the U.S. presidency. As a journalist who watched the 1996 presidential campaign in Russia, though, I can see reasons to think seriously about his charges that seem invisible to many Americans.
The "rigging," according to Trump, is largely the media's fault, although he's already claiming voting fraud and will probably complain of counting irregularities, too.