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Why do journalists and intellectuals whitewash dictators?

By Michael Rubin
Published July 20, 2021 6:11pm ET
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Why do journalists and intellectuals whitewash dictators?
Cuba's former President Raul Castro, center, and Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, second left, attend an event celebrating Revolution Day in Santiago, Cuba, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Cuba marks the 65th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel attack led by Fidel and Raul Castro on the Moncada military barracks. The attack is considered the beginning of Fidel Castro's revolution that culminated with dictator Fulgencio Batista's ouster. | (Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Josef Stalin. Mao Zedong. Fidel Castro. Ruhollah Khomeini. What do many of the most brutal dictators of the 20th century have in common?

Adoration and obfuscation by the top journalists of their time.

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