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David Herdson
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That wouldn't surprise me.
But 'show trial' is hardly a niche academic term - although it is one that's fallen from popular awareness given the fading from memory of pre-1989 dictatorships.
Even so, it'd be spectacularly ignorant for a journalist to just assume it means 'high profile trial'.
2025-08-31T07:30:24.402Z