ukraine@war

ukraine@war

Attack of the Vengeful Hairdresser

Physically experiencing the journalistic side of bullshit.

Jan 19, 2022
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Imagine, for a moment, the future of English-language news about Ukraine.

You're minding your own business and browsing the web, checking social media, or something, and you plug a cable into the back of your head so you can physically experience the journalistic side of bullshit.

Now imagine surfing to the new Kyiv Post’s website. Quickly, you click on a random link, only only to find yourself drowning in an essay about global food security. You follow another story that brings you to Ukraine’s Business Ombudsman, an experience that reminds you of the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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