WhoWhatWhy Scoops Everybody on International Election Observers
Three months ago, WhoWhatWhy wrote a story on how the rest of the world is treating this year’s US election like that of a banana republic.
Specifically, we were first to report that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is sending hundreds of election observers to the US due to concerns over voter suppression.
Now, the mainstream media is finally catching up. Last week, The Washington Post wrote a similar story on the OSCE observers who will monitor the November 8 election.
Why are we telling you this?
Because WhoWhatWhy is a very small news organization made up mostly of volunteers and we are proud when we are ahead of the curve. In this case we managed to scoop one of the most prominent newspapers in the world (along with the rest of the corporate media) on a vital issue.
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