Courtesy of Mish.
Judging from Western media, one might think nothing much is happening in Ukraine. Facts are wildly different as we will discuss momentarily.
Rush to Judgment
As a prelude to current events, please recall the hype when Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in March. Western media rushed to judgment. Heck, even friends who should know better rushed to judgment.
Every Western news agency, even some I would have expected better of, was quick to point the finger at Putin.
I commented on Boris Nemtsov on March 6 in Rush to Judgment and Extremely Inaccurate Reporting.
With that backdrop, let’s turn our attention to some recent events.
Death Squads Kill Four News Reporters in Ukraine
On April 17, Death Squads Killed Four News Reporters in Ukraine in 24 Hours.
Over the last two days in Ukraine, there have been four prominent killings. On Wednesday, it was former member of Parliament from the Regions Party, leader of the All-Ukrainian Officers’ Union, and one of the founders of the AntiMaidan, Oleg Kalashnikov. On Thursday, it was journalist Sergei Sukhobok, one of the founders of the ProUA and Obkom websites. That same day, former editor of the major newspaper Segodnia, well-known journalist Oles’ Buzina, was shot dead in his own backyard; and the body of editor-in-chief of the Netishinskii Herald, Olga Moroz, was found dead in her apartment, bearing signs of a violent death.
Three journalists in one day. Four political figures in 24 hours. Where is the human rights crowd? Where is the international community? Where are the declarations of Merkel, Obama, Cameron, etc.? Where is the wave of indignation from the Western press? Where?
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What did those journalists have in common? They were all against the war effort or considered “pro-Russian”.
Had four anti-Putin journalists bit the dust in Russia, this would have been front page news for six straight days….
