New York Times Tries to Whitewash Publication of Faked Ukraine Photos

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New York Times Tries to Whitewash Publication of Faked Ukraine Photos

by Alex Lantier / April 24th, 2014

http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/04/new-york-times-tries-to-whitewash-publication-of-faked-ukraine-photos/

The New York Times responded yesterday to the exposure of its fabricated report alleging that Russian Special Forces are stirring up protests in east Ukraine against the pro-Western regime in Kiev.

An article Tuesday, titled “Scrutiny over Photos Said to Tie Russia Units to Ukraine,” is a clumsy attempt at damage control. Buried in the paper’s inside pages, the article begins: “A collection of photographs that Ukraine says shows the presence of Russian forces in the eastern part of the country, and which the United States has cited as evidence of Russian involvement, has come under scrutiny.” The Times also noted that “US officials” provided some of the pictures to US Secretary of State John Kerry before his talks with Russian, European and Ukrainian officials last Thursday in Geneva.

The Times does not bother to mention that it featured these faked images in a front-page article and photo spread. It was the Times that used its influence to declare “the presence of Russian forces in the eastern part of the country” as part of a propaganda campaign against Russia. Even its own attempt to explain the “scrutiny” the photos came under shows, however, that the Times was a party to a grotesque falsification.

More: http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/04/new-york-times-tries-to-whitewash-publication-of-faked-ukraine-photos/