[Wallace T.]

This is CNN, so it reflects the viewpoint of the Democratic leadership. This is not even the neoconservative group like Fox or the New York Post. We had what appears to be a failed coup. Either Prigozhin was engaged in some sort of Russian head fake to encourage NATO and Ukraine to engage in some reckless act or he actually tried a coup but failed to get the support of the Russian Army. Another possibility is that it was a stunt by Russian hardliners to end the limited war and finish the job by any means necessary

[Rappini]

CNN wants to keep this Russia news on the front burner to get the heat off of Hunter and Sleep joe’s laptop issues.