Washington Post Plays Ukraines Lapdog
Global Research, June 11, 2015
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Image: The Washington Post building. (Photo credit: Daniel X. ONeil)
There
once was a time when the U.S. news media investigated U.S. imperial
adventures overseas, such as Washington-sponsored coups. Journalists
also asked tough questions to officials implicated in corruption even if
those queries were inconvenient to the desired propaganda themes. But
those days are long gone, as the Washington Post demonstrated again this
week.
On
Wednesday, the Posts editorial board had a chance to press Ukraines
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk about the U.S. governments role in the
Feb. 22, 2014 coup that elevated him to his current post after he was
handpicked by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Victoria Nuland, who declared Yats is the guy in a pre-coup intercepted
phone call.
Wouldnt it have been interesting
to ask Yatsenyuk about his pre-coup contacts with Nuland and U.S.
Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and what their role was in fomenting the
regime change that ousted elected President Viktor Yanukovych and
hurtled Ukraine into a civil war? Sure, Yatsenyuk might have ducked the
questions, but isnt that the role that journalists are supposed to play,
at least ask? [See Consortiumnews.coms What Neocons Want from Ukraine Crisis.]
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