Ukraine Elects a Populist Celebrity, Following a Global Trend
he people want someone to articulate their rage for them,” says the fictional network programmer played by Faye Dunaway in the 1976 movie classic . She then unleashes on audiences a newscaster named Howard Beale, who electrifies the country with his manta “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.” Increasingly, voters are plumping for reality-TV stars to express their anger and seek solutions to intractable problems. Donald Trump, who used his NBC show to catapult himself into the White House, is the most obvious example. But ...
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