In the final stretch of the World Cup, Argentina was branded the most racist country in the world.
Before arguing about whether that's true, I asked a prior question: can this even be measured?
In the new issue of The Atlas, my newsletter on Latin American development, I looked at four different ways of doing it.
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🚨💣 BREAKING: This is INSANE.
A PR agency reportedly reached out to several major football accounts and influencers on X, offering paid campaigns to push anti-Argentina narratives during the World Cup. 🇦🇷
One large Football X account claims they were approached and asked to post content portraying Argentina’s run as “rigged.”
It could explain why so many unrelated accounts suddenly started flooding the timeline with the exact same “rigged” narrative. 👀
Llegó, de la manera menos esperada pero llegó.
Tenemos al final una CANCIÓN DE CANCHA para el mundial sin forzar o rebuscarsela para nombrar a Malvinas.
@MatiPelliccioni amigo, esto tiene que salir en TyCSports.
@RAMIROMARRA Después del vasco viene Guillermo. Después del Guille agarra Alfaro. Y después Ibarra. Y comienza el ciclo de nuevo. Busquen una cara nueva muchachos no se les cae una idea. Ni el killy ni el vasco