Subject: Editors' Picks: Why Russia is 4chan and China is Facebook, and how the Islamic State plans to grow rich and cause chaos
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:15:57 -0500 (CDT)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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10/10/2018

Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s daily round-up.

Today, we look at why U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was wrong to equate China’s and Russia’s election meddling, how the Islamic State is attempting to fund itself after losing nearly all of its territory, and why journalists are often at greater risk of being murdered while reporting in their own country than they are in active war zones.

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COMPARING CHALK AND CHEESE: Pence’s comparison of Beijing’s influence with Moscow’s hacking was misleading and dangerous, FP’s James Palmer writes.

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HOME AND AWAY: While reporters killed in far-flung war zones are seared in the collective memory, many more are murdered in their own countries, FP’s Amy Mackinnon reports.

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MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS: Although the Islamic State has lost nearly 98 percent of the territory it once controlled, the group is preparing for a comeback in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq and Syria, Colin P. Clarke writes.

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PARSED BY POPULISTS: In Sweden, traditional parties are no longer winning enough votes to easily form governments—a situation that makes populist upstarts look all the more popular, Emily Schultheis writes.

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TEHRAN TUMULT: U.S. President Donald Trump needs the European Union and some Democrats on board if recent pressure on Iran is going to work, Michael Singh writes.

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