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There is no direct confrontation because that would be WWIII. Only proxy wars like the one happening now.

RFERL is US-government funded, and the audience is mainly eastern Europe. Even PBS in the US is not funded by the US government.

Why exclusively fund RFERL for a foreign audience if you do not fund your national public broadcaster?

"By Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman"

"Reporting was contributed by Rebecca R. Ruiz, Erika Solomon, Melissa Eddy, Michael Schwirtz and Andrew E. Kramer."

"What we consider before using anonymous sources. Do the sources know the information? What’s their motivation for telling us? Have they proved reliable in the past? Can we corroborate the information? Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source."

Minhaj offered a reminder to people “touchdown dancing” about the lab leak theory: the energy department is one of nine intelligence groups that have assessed Covid’s origins. Two of those concluded a likely lab leak, five said natural causes and two said they don’t know. “And you know what? I personally side with them,” said Minhaj. “I don’t know what the fuck is going on. FBI says this, NIC says that. I’m holding out until the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles] chimes in.”

Real headline "Zero calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds"

Additive erythritol is E968.

Unrelated to stevia. Some stevia products are not pure stevia. They have artificial sweeteners and a little bit of stevia.