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The New York Times has found another neo-Nazi militia to fawn over in Ukraine. The Bratstvo battalion “gave access to the New York Times to report on two recent riverine operations,” which culminated in a piece (11/21/22) headlined “On the River at Night, Ambushing Russians.” Since the US-backed Maidan coup in 2014, establishment media […]
Ukrainians seeking refuge in the US found a strong advocate in the Washington Post editorial board–unlike their Haitian counterparts.
Commentators almost universally fingering Russia as the culprit in the pipeline sabotage, despite the lack of a plausible motive.
Three years ago, describing an Australian white supremacist charged with massacring 49 people in New Zealand, the New York Times (3/15/19) wrote: “On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization.” What a difference a war makes! A Times story (10/4/22) in the paper’s Ukraine […]
Rather than treating Darya Dugina as a member of the civilian press, US media seemed to downplay her death as a casualty of war.
The hyperbolic comparisons between Russia and Vladimir Putin to Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler, as well as constant accusations that anyone who attempts to negotiate with Russia for a peaceful end to the war is engaged in “appeasement,” have cost the world opportunities to de-escalate.
A self-determination claim that accords with Russian interests, and diverges from the US position, is concealed from the public.
A comparison of New York Times coverage of Ukraine and Iraq shows that the same kinds of news don’t always fit on the front page.
Corporate media have increasingly taken to branding realities inconvenient to US information goals as “disinformation” spread by Russia.
If one believes that Putin is a “madman,” the implication is that meaningful diplomatic negotiations with Russia are impossible.
“Every step of the way, the US is helping and facilitating and enabling this coalition to continue bombing Yemen.”
Opinion pages call for pumping weaponry into the conflict, choking Russian civilians with sanctions, even instituting a “no-fly zone.”
TV coverage of Ukraine has both a familiar reliance on US officials to frame events and a newfound ability to cover the impact on civilians.
Nearly three in 10 who say enforcing a no-fly zone is a good idea also say they oppose the US shooting down Russian military planes.
Economic pressure is presented as a way of avoiding violence. But there’s a problem with seeing sanctions as an alternative to war.
The “unprovoked” descriptor obscures a long history of provocative behavior from the United States in regards to Ukraine.
Please tell NBC to correct its misstatement that the US hasn’t used cluster bombs since the Gulf War in 1991.
“This current escalation started because of the US involvement in the Ukrainian government’s politics.”
Media resolve the issue of the integration of neo-Nazis into the Ukrainian military by ignoring this inconvenient fact altogether.
Understanding the Ukraine crisis involves letting go of the storyline in which the US equals benevolent democracy and Russia equals craven imperialism.
