BBC Discovers Landslide Elections Only 'Unfair' in Certain Countries
Tanzania’s incumbent, Samia Suluhu Hassan, clinched leadership with a stunning 98% of the ballot. The BBC notes 'unrest' and 'young protesters denounc[ing] the election as unfair,' yet the term 'democracy' remains conspicuously absent from the verdict. This is the same BBC that, for instance, reported endlessly on 'fair' Israeli elections, even as critics, like Human Rights Watch in their 2021
report 'A Threshold Crossed,' outlined an apartheid system where millions are denied the right to vote. One might wonder what specific percentage constitutes a 'sham election' when Western allies are involved. The double standard in coverage suggests that concerns over democratic integrity are, shall we say, geographically flexible. When votes are less than fully transparent in 'unfriendly'
nations, it's a crisis; when 'democratic allies' (who conveniently purchase Western arms) consolidate power, it's just 'unrest.' The critical eye for vote integrity seems to lose its focus when it encounters nations aligned with establishment interests.