Vladimir Putin had his turn in the New York Times, and John McCain, in response, will have an article in Pravda. Well, Pravda.ru, which is a website and not affiliated with the well-known Russian newspaper:
Umm not the real Pravda… RT @SenJohnMcCain: Keep an eye out for my op-ed in Pravda tomorrow on Russia, Putin and Syria
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) September 18, 2013
McCain is writing an op-ed for a no-name website that happens to be named Pravda. The real Pravda won't publish him.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/380481837631422466So it’s Pravda, but not Pravda Pravda.
In spite of that, tweeters were still semi-facepalming:
https://twitter.com/DrActorKJ/status/380479000382296065
You'll be right at home there. RT @SenJohnMcCain: Keep an eye out for my op-ed in Pravda tomorrow on Russia, Putin and Syria
— Brian Guy (@ItsThatBriGuy) September 18, 2013
@sunnyright If, while McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton, you had told him he'd be writing for Pravda later on …
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 19, 2013
The article will reportedly be posted at Pravda.ru at midnight:
John McCain has submitted his op-ed to Pravda. It is set to run at midnight tonight. It's everything you'd hope and expect
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 19, 2013
McCain’s reaching way across the aisle with this one.
Editor’s note: A duplicate tweet has been removed from this post.
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