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The World Cup 2026: The Good, The Bad & The Deeply Uncomfortable Truth
The World Cup is back. 48 teams, three host countries, billions of eyeballs, and — somehow — Saudi Aramco as an official sponsor. Sure.
This week we go good, bad, and ugly on the 2026 FIFA World Cup through a media and communications lens. The good: why the World Cup's claim to global shared attention is actually different from every other event that gets called "the last global media event" (yes, we know we say that every time). The bad: what it means for the world's most international tournament to be hosted by a country that has spent four years making it structurally difficult for…
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