but it was propaganda to help ensure Soviet criticisms of double standards could be dismissed by Amerikkkans.
It was actually propaganda by Britain to help ensure that Irish criticisms of double standard could be dismissed. It's funny how even leftists have adopted this straight up Russiagate lie that "whataboutism" was used against Soviet propaganda. It originated in Britain in the 80s to use against ireland
This is true but it's also not quite why Westerners know the term. That's due to cold warrior propaganda efforts, ones largely done long after the fact to explain why old soviet !snd now Russian) complaints of double standards can be dismissed out of hand. "The experts" (think tank ghouls and those in their orbit) "weighed in" and the term was thus laundered into common use by a selectively gullible press.
It was actually propaganda by Britain to help ensure that Irish criticisms of double standard could be dismissed. It's funny how even leftists have adopted this straight up Russiagate lie that "whataboutism" was used against Soviet propaganda. It originated in Britain in the 80s to use against ireland
This is true but it's also not quite why Westerners know the term. That's due to cold warrior propaganda efforts, ones largely done long after the fact to explain why old soviet !snd now Russian) complaints of double standards can be dismissed out of hand. "The experts" (think tank ghouls and those in their orbit) "weighed in" and the term was thus laundered into common use by a selectively gullible press.