At This Year’s World Cup, Make Way for Autocrats ^66.4%

The Nation - By Aaron Timms - 6/17/2026, 9:30 AM

Biased Writer Voice 93.8% - Negativity Bias 52.7% - Hasty Generalization 25%

The noise makes the first impression: a misting chorus rising off the stands. Transmitted through the TV screen, the lyrics—precise and witty on the ground—are flattened into a series of up-tempo chants about nothing: ohhhhh-ahhhh-ehhhhh, wahh-ehhh, wahh-ahhh-ehh-ehhhh, heh-ho, heh-ho, heh-ho. Quick raps of applause swarm from bay to... more