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That is not my favorite one about the NYT. It was also the NYT's Walter Duranty [1] that covered up Stalin's mass murder of millions in the Ukrainian Holodomor
by OrvalWintermute 5y ago
That is not my favorite one about the NYT.
It was also the NYT's Walter Duranty [1] that covered up Stalin's mass murder of millions in the Ukrainian Holodomor [2], and also, Stalin's purges and show trials. He didn't just cover up the Holodomor, or the Russian starvation, he actually fake fact-checked it in true Facebook fashion, writing the following "Any report of a famine in Russia is today an exaggeration or malignant propaganda. The food shortage, however, which has affected the whole population in the last year and particularly in the grain-producing provinces – the Ukraine, North Caucasus [i.e. Kuban Region], and the Lower Volga – has, however, caused heavy loss of life", and in doing so, refuted the reporting of Gareth Jones.
And Walter got a Pulitzer for his misinformation.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Apologist-Walter-Duranty-Timess/dp/0195057007 https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Apologist-Walter-Duranty-Time...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor