Two things strike me as completely bizarre about this Russian clip. First, the interview is completely pro‑Russia. I can see why the Russian media might show anti‑Russia TV clips to demonstrate American media bias. Wouldn’t that be simpler than what they do here?
Second, wouldn’t it be obvious to any Russian viewer that when this was originally shown in the United States, it would have been in English — and thus the coughing was dubbed in later?
Стивен Левитт, соавтор «Фрикономики», об истории с «осетинской девочкой и ее тетей».