Russian soldiers are not in Eastern Ukraine

[AProgressiveThinker]

[dipsydoodle]

1. The issue which gave rise to the scam

was the US government believing what Kiev had told and shown them.

[AProgressiveThinker]

4. Yep

[MNBrewer]

2. They weren't in Crimea, either

[AProgressiveThinker]

3. Here's the difference

There was actual evidence for Russian troops being in Crimea. The supposed pictures of these Russian soldiers being in Russia and then Ukraine were retracted by the NY Times which had this "news" on their front page article on Monday. The US media lies are boiling down.

[KoKo]

5. Recommend...NYT was shameful. Shades of Judith Miller days.

[sabrina 1]

6. It is shameful. We cannot believe a word our own media tells us anymore. I thought that there

were laws against spreading propaganda to the American people. I recall this came up during the Iraq War. They can do it abroad apparently, but it is/was illegal here and for good reason.

No laws are respected anymore.

And then they whine about people looking elsewhere for actual news.

[jakeXT]

7. U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban

It used to be that the content of Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and other content produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors couldn't be transmitted in the United States at broadcast-quality levels because it was considered propaganda. But that all changed as of July 2, when the content, which reaches 100 countries in 60 different languages, became available in the United States. Part of the reason for the change was so ex-pats living in America could get access to the programming and part of it was so taxpayers can see what their money is being spent on. Decades ago, lawmakers blocked the content in the U.S. because they feared journalism produced by the government would have a corrosive effect on the public.




Read it at Foreign Policy

July 14, 2013 9:47 PM

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/07/14/congress-repeals-ban-on-us-propaganda.html