Best thing about this NYT article is the way it gives “global backlash” an agency of its own, as if this backlash happened organically rather than being spearheaded by the world’s most belligerent superpower, lmao 
In March Daily Beast obtained a WH cable instructing State Dept officials when speaking to media to focus on CN orchestrating a cover up. Soon after, we got pieces like these from Marc Thiessen of AEI/Shadi Hamid of Brookings Inst. This is how the levers of power work
Republicans also recently released a 57 pp memo instructing GOP candidates to aggressively attack CN, stressing 3 talking pts:
1. CN covered it up
2. Dems are “soft on CN”
3. Repubs will push for sanctions (This is why you see states announcing they plan to sue for reparations)
1. CN covered it up
2. Dems are “soft on CN”
3. Repubs will push for sanctions (This is why you see states announcing they plan to sue for reparations)
Also worth pointing out that outside of the US, there is no "backlash"
