{"id":109184,"date":"2014-03-04T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=0912dfd79f04379792b1e8099cb9a41e"},"modified":"2014-03-04T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T07:52:00","slug":"scoundrel-media-war-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/scoundrel-media-war-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoundrel Media War on Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\"><b>Scoundrel Media War on Russia<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Scoundrel media editors find new ways to embarrass themselves. They mock legitimate news and opinion.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They suppress it. They violate fundamental journalistic standards doing so.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They suck up to power. They support monied interests. They deplore popular ones. They endorse Western aggression. They do it repeatedly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They blame victims for horrific US crimes committed against them. They condemn Putin for responsibly defending the safety and security of endangered Russian nationals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Thank heavens he&#8217;s around. He&#8217;s the one world leader challenging the damn fool in the White House responsibly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He&#8217;s our best hope for world peace. He deserves worldwide support. His best efforts may not be enough.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Neocons infest Washington. They threaten everyone. The damn fool in the White House risks starting WW III.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">His damn fool Secretary of State John Kerry said &#8220;we&#8217;re now discussing all of the options.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He outrageously accused Russia of &#8220;aggression.&#8221; No nation commits it more often against more nonbelligerent nations than America.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">It wages one lawless war after another. It ravages and destroys countries doing so. Kerry is an unindicted war criminal. So is the damn fool in the White House.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They threaten world peace. They risk potential armageddon. Media scoundrels cheerlead what demands condemnation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They denounce what demands praise. When America goes to war or plans one, they march in lockstep. They do it disgracefully.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">New York Times editors stand out. They masquerade as legitimate journalists. They feature managed news misinformation rubbish.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They endorsed Ukrainian putschists. They ousted a democratically elected government. They did so with well-planned US help.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Stop NATO&#8217;s Rick Rozoff called their coup the most overt one since Mussolini&#8217;s 1922 march on Rome. It&#8217;s no exaggeration. Nothing in recent memory matches their brazenness.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Times editors are mindless of mob rule governance. Fanatical putschists run things. They scare hell out of everyone paying attention.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Times editors turn a blind eye. Journalism the way it&#8217;s supposed to be is verboten. On March 2, they<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/03\/opinion\/russias-aggression.html?hpw&amp;rref=opinion&amp;_r=0\"><span style=\"color: #1255cc;\"> headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Russia&#8217;s Aggression.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They outrageously accused Putin of &#8220;exploit(ing) the Ukrainian crisis to seize control of Crimea (as well as) any other power grab he may be hatching.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They ludicrously claimed &#8220;an immediate threat to Ukrainian Russians is empty.&#8221; Crimean self-defense volunteers already put down an attempt by Kiev infiltrators to seize government buildings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Times editors ignore what refutes their arguments. They lied claiming Ukrainians in Crimea are endangered.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They have nothing to fear from responsible governance. Democrats in charge prioritize public safety.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Times editors wrongfully accused ousted President Viktor Yanukovych of coup plotter killings.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They murdered civilians in cold blood. They gunned down Kiev security forces. They did so in Independence Square.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Neo-Nazi snipers fired from rooftops. They operated from windows in nearby buildings. Everything that happened was well choreographed in advance.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Washington&#8217;s dirty hands manipulated things. Obama bears full responsibility. He partnered with fascist thugs. He&#8217;s got another imperial trophy.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Keeping it is another matter entirely. Ukrainians nationwide won&#8217;t likely tolerate what&#8217;s planned for them. Perhaps real revolutionary fervor will erupt.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Times editors are consistent. They&#8217;re on the wrong side of history. They ignore facts. They bury them.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They make stuff up. They lie for power. They do it to defend the indefensible.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They lied claiming Putin wants &#8220;control over Crimea.&#8221; He wants to &#8220;humiliate Ukraine,&#8221; they said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They want Obama, NATO and EU leaders challenging Putin &#8220;if (he) escalates his intervention in Ukraine.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He supports its sovereign independence. He opposes Washington&#8217;s direct role in replacing democratic Ukrainian governance with mob rule fascists. Don&#8217;t expect Times editors to explain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Neocon Washington Post editors want more direct US intervention. They support ousting Syria&#8217;s Assad forcibly. They endorse fascists usurping power in Ukraine.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/president-obamas-foreign-policy-is-based-on-fantasy\/2014\/03\/02\/c7854436-a238-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html\"><span style=\"color: #1255cc;\"> headlined <\/span><\/a>&#8220;President Obama&#8217;s foreign policy is based on fantasy.&#8221; They bashed Assad, China&#8217;s Xi Jinping and Putin.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They want Obama confronting them more aggressively. If he &#8220;doesn&#8217;t make the case for global engagement, no one else&#8221; will for him, they said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They claimed &#8220;the tide of democracy in the world&#8221; is &#8220;retrenching.&#8221; They ignored Washington&#8217;s direct role in subverting it at home and abroad.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">In previous editorials, they barely stopped short of urging direct US intervention. They support Ukrainian fascists retaining power.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">David Ignatius is one of many WaPo neocon columnists. He has longstanding close US intelligence ties. He&#8217;s no journalist. He&#8217;s a propagandist.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He openly favors arming anti-Assad death squads. He reports what Washington bullies want stressed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Inconvenient facts are dismissed. Lies, damn lies and misinformation substitute. On March 2, he<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/david-ignatius-putins-error-in-ukraine-is-the-kind-that-leads-to-catastrophe\/2014\/03\/02\/d376603e-a249-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html\"><span style=\"color: #1255cc;\"> headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Putin&#8217;s error in Ukraine is the kind that leads to catastrophe.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He lied claiming he &#8220;invad(ed) Crimea.&#8221; He did no such thing. He&#8217;ll deploy military forces to protect Russian nationals if needed. Any responsible leader would do the same thing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Ignatius turned facts on their head. He claimed &#8220;former Soviet satellites&#8221; are &#8220;prosperous&#8221; EU members.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He ignored deepening poverty, unemployment and deprivation throughout its member states.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He ludicrously claimed countries making up the former Yugoslavia &#8220;emerged as strong democracies.&#8221; Pro-Western puppet governments run them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He blamed Yanukovych for fascist street thug crimes. They &#8220;courageous(ly) braved the cold and police brutality to protest,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They committed cold-blooded murder. They ousted Ukraine&#8217;s democratically elected government. They rule by brutal force. Don&#8217;t expect Ignatius to explain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He ludicrously envisions &#8220;a cascading chain of error that brings Russian troops deeper into Ukraine and sets the stage for civil war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Putin wants it avoided. He&#8217;s going all-out for stability and security. Fascist coup plotters will bear full responsibility if internal conflict erupts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Ignatius is militantly hawkish. Obama &#8220;would be wise to seek to deter Russian aggression without specifying too clearly what the US ladder of escalation might be,&#8221; he urged.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">His commentary excluded what&#8217;s most important for readers to know. Truth was systematically suppressed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Wall Street Journal editors match the worst of outrageous opinion writers. Rupert Murdoch rules apply. On March 2, they <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304026804579413900968932702?mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304026804579413900968932702.html\"><span style=\"color: #1255cc;\">headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Putin Declares War.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They lied saying he &#8220;seized Ukraine&#8217;s Crimean peninsula by force (and) now has his sights on the rest of his Slavic neighbor.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">&#8220;(B)razen aggression,&#8221; they screamed. War threatens Europe&#8217;s heartland &#8220;for the first time since the end of the Cold War,&#8221; they claimed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Post-WW II, it never once did until now. Washington&#8217;s orchestrated coup ups the stakes. Obama threatens world peace.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Putin is the world&#8217;s best chance to preserve it. Whether he&#8217;s able deter possible US aggression remains to be seen.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Journal editors turned truth on its head. It&#8217;s hard imagining more convoluted rubbish. They accused Putin of &#8220;moving to carve up Ukraine\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00a6&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They claim &#8220;a popular democratic uprising&#8221; toppled Yanukovych. They ignored a US-orchestrated fascist coup d&#8217;etat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They called Russia&#8217;s parliament &#8220;rubber-stamp.&#8221; They lied accusing its members &nbsp;of &#8220;approv(ing) military intervention anywhere in Ukraine, which is nothing less than a declaration of war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They called Obama&#8217;s full responsibility for crisis conditions in Ukraine &#8220;made entirely in Moscow.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are world class diplomats. They&#8217;re democrats. They&#8217;re polar opposite Western fascists.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They&#8217;re worthy Nobel Peace Prize nominees. They&#8217;re more deserving than any other world leaders.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Nobel Committee members have their own system. They honor war criminals. Peacemakers needn&#8217;t apply.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Journal editors write what responsible ones wouldn&#8217;t touch. They claimed Putin seeks &#8220;entrench(ed) authoritarianism in client states.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">He wants them &#8220;prevent(ed) from joining free Europe,&#8221; they said. Freedoms in Western dominated areas are fast disappearing.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Neoliberal harshness is official policy. Ordinary people are ruthlessly exploited. Don&#8217;t expect Journal editors to explain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They lied claiming Russia&#8217;s upper house Federation Council &#8220;approved (a) declaration of war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They lied again calling Kiev&#8217;s coup d&#8217;etat parliament democratic. They quoted Obama lying. He called Moscow&#8217;s legitimate defense of Russian nationals a &#8220;breach of international law.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Journal editors urge aggressive anti-Russian measures. They want their officials targeted. They want Sixth Fleet warships patrolling Black waters close to Crimea.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Imagine their howls if Russian naval vessels entered the Gulf of Mexico. Imagine likely Washington countermeasures.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They want other NATO countries confronting Moscow. &#8220;Mr. Obama and the West must act,&#8221; they said. They must do more &#8220;than merely threaten&#8230;&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They absurdly called Ukraine &#8220;a casualty of Mr. Obama&#8217;s failure to enforce his &#8216;red line&#8217; on Syria.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">&#8220;Ukrainians can&#8217;t be left alone to face Russia, and the Kremlin&#8217;s annexation of Crimea can&#8217;t be allowed to stand,&#8221; they said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They called Putin &#8220;the leading edge of what could quickly become a new world disorder.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Journal editors and commentators specialize in reinventing history. Their rubbish doesn&#8217;t wash. They consistently turn truth on its head.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">They suppress what readers most need to know. They disgrace themselves in the process.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">A previous article quoted former Chicago columnist Mike Royko (1932 &#8211; 1997) saying: &#8220;No respectable fish would (want to) be wrapped in&#8221; a Murdoch paper. It&#8217;s more than ever true now.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Ongoing crisis conditions persist. War winds threaten to become gale force. Potential East\/West conflict is real.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Obama bears full responsibility if it erupts. Bellowing scoundrel media liars share it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">His new book is titled &#8220;Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">It airs Fridays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;\">http:\/\/www.progressiveradionetwork.com\/the-progressive-news-hour<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><b>Scoundrel Media War on Russia<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scoundrel media editors find new ways to embarrass themselves. They mock legitimate news and opinion.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They suppress it. They violate fundamental journalistic standards doing so.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They suck up to power. They support monied interests. They deplore popular ones. They endorse Western aggression. They do it repeatedly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They blame victims for horrific US crimes committed against them. They condemn Putin for responsibly defending the safety and security of endangered Russian nationals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank heavens he&#8217;s around. He&#8217;s the one world leader challenging the damn fool in the White House responsibly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He&#8217;s our best hope for world peace. He deserves worldwide support. His best efforts may not be enough.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Neocons infest Washington. They threaten everyone. The damn fool in the White House risks starting WW III.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His damn fool Secretary of State John Kerry said &#8220;we&#8217;re now discussing all of the options.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He outrageously accused Russia of &#8220;aggression.&#8221; No nation commits it more often against more nonbelligerent nations than America.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It wages one lawless war after another. It ravages and destroys countries doing so. Kerry is an unindicted war criminal. So is the damn fool in the White House.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They threaten world peace. They risk potential armageddon. Media scoundrels cheerlead what demands condemnation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They denounce what demands praise. When America goes to war or plans one, they march in lockstep. They do it disgracefully.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>New York Times editors stand out. They masquerade as legitimate journalists. They feature managed news misinformation rubbish.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They endorsed Ukrainian putschists. They ousted a democratically elected government. They did so with well-planned US help.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stop NATO&#8217;s Rick Rozoff called their coup the most overt one since Mussolini&#8217;s 1922 march on Rome. It&#8217;s no exaggeration. Nothing in recent memory matches their brazenness.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Times editors are mindless of mob rule governance. Fanatical putschists run things. They scare hell out of everyone paying attention.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Times editors turn a blind eye. Journalism the way it&#8217;s supposed to be is verboten. On March 2, they<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/03\/opinion\/russias-aggression.html?hpw&amp;rref=opinion&amp;_r=0\"><span> headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Russia&#8217;s Aggression.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They outrageously accused Putin of &#8220;exploit(ing) the Ukrainian crisis to seize control of Crimea (as well as) any other power grab he may be hatching.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They ludicrously claimed &#8220;an immediate threat to Ukrainian Russians is empty.&#8221; Crimean self-defense volunteers already put down an attempt by Kiev infiltrators to seize government buildings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Times editors ignore what refutes their arguments. They lied claiming Ukrainians in Crimea are endangered.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They have nothing to fear from responsible governance. Democrats in charge prioritize public safety.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Times editors wrongfully accused ousted President Viktor Yanukovych of coup plotter killings.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They murdered civilians in cold blood. They gunned down Kiev security forces. They did so in Independence Square.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Neo-Nazi snipers fired from rooftops. They operated from windows in nearby buildings. Everything that happened was well choreographed in advance.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Washington&#8217;s dirty hands manipulated things. Obama bears full responsibility. He partnered with fascist thugs. He&#8217;s got another imperial trophy.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keeping it is another matter entirely. Ukrainians nationwide won&#8217;t likely tolerate what&#8217;s planned for them. Perhaps real revolutionary fervor will erupt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Times editors are consistent. They&#8217;re on the wrong side of history. They ignore facts. They bury them.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They make stuff up. They lie for power. They do it to defend the indefensible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They lied claiming Putin wants &#8220;control over Crimea.&#8221; He wants to &#8220;humiliate Ukraine,&#8221; they said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They want Obama, NATO and EU leaders challenging Putin &#8220;if (he) escalates his intervention in Ukraine.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He supports its sovereign independence. He opposes Washington&#8217;s direct role in replacing democratic Ukrainian governance with mob rule fascists. Don&#8217;t expect Times editors to explain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Neocon Washington Post editors want more direct US intervention. They support ousting Syria&#8217;s Assad forcibly. They endorse fascists usurping power in Ukraine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/president-obamas-foreign-policy-is-based-on-fantasy\/2014\/03\/02\/c7854436-a238-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html\"><span> headlined <\/span><\/a>&#8220;President Obama&#8217;s foreign policy is based on fantasy.&#8221; They bashed Assad, China&#8217;s Xi Jinping and Putin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They want Obama confronting them more aggressively. If he &#8220;doesn&#8217;t make the case for global engagement, no one else&#8221; will for him, they said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They claimed &#8220;the tide of democracy in the world&#8221; is &#8220;retrenching.&#8221; They ignored Washington&#8217;s direct role in subverting it at home and abroad.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In previous editorials, they barely stopped short of urging direct US intervention. They support Ukrainian fascists retaining power.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>David Ignatius is one of many WaPo neocon columnists. He has longstanding close US intelligence ties. He&#8217;s no journalist. He&#8217;s a propagandist.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He openly favors arming anti-Assad death squads. He reports what Washington bullies want stressed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Inconvenient facts are dismissed. Lies, damn lies and misinformation substitute. On March 2, he<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/david-ignatius-putins-error-in-ukraine-is-the-kind-that-leads-to-catastrophe\/2014\/03\/02\/d376603e-a249-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html\"><span> headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Putin&#8217;s error in Ukraine is the kind that leads to catastrophe.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He lied claiming he &#8220;invad(ed) Crimea.&#8221; He did no such thing. He&#8217;ll deploy military forces to protect Russian nationals if needed. Any responsible leader would do the same thing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ignatius turned facts on their head. He claimed &#8220;former Soviet satellites&#8221; are &#8220;prosperous&#8221; EU members.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He ignored deepening poverty, unemployment and deprivation throughout its member states.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He ludicrously claimed countries making up the former Yugoslavia &#8220;emerged as strong democracies.&#8221; Pro-Western puppet governments run them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He blamed Yanukovych for fascist street thug crimes. They &#8220;courageous(ly) braved the cold and police brutality to protest,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They committed cold-blooded murder. They ousted Ukraine&#8217;s democratically elected government. They rule by brutal force. Don&#8217;t expect Ignatius to explain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He ludicrously envisions &#8220;a cascading chain of error that brings Russian troops deeper into Ukraine and sets the stage for civil war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Putin wants it avoided. He&#8217;s going all-out for stability and security. Fascist coup plotters will bear full responsibility if internal conflict erupts.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ignatius is militantly hawkish. Obama &#8220;would be wise to seek to deter Russian aggression without specifying too clearly what the US ladder of escalation might be,&#8221; he urged.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His commentary excluded what&#8217;s most important for readers to know. Truth was systematically suppressed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wall Street Journal editors match the worst of outrageous opinion writers. Rupert Murdoch rules apply. On March 2, they <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304026804579413900968932702?mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304026804579413900968932702.html\"><span>headlined<\/span><\/a> &#8220;Putin Declares War.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They lied saying he &#8220;seized Ukraine&#8217;s Crimean peninsula by force (and) now has his sights on the rest of his Slavic neighbor.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;(B)razen aggression,&#8221; they screamed. War threatens Europe&#8217;s heartland &#8220;for the first time since the end of the Cold War,&#8221; they claimed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Post-WW II, it never once did until now. Washington&#8217;s orchestrated coup ups the stakes. Obama threatens world peace.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Putin is the world&#8217;s best chance to preserve it. Whether he&#8217;s able deter possible US aggression remains to be seen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Journal editors turned truth on its head. It&#8217;s hard imagining more convoluted rubbish. They accused Putin of &#8220;moving to carve up Ukraine&acirc;&euro;&brvbar;&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They claim &#8220;a popular democratic uprising&#8221; toppled Yanukovych. They ignored a US-orchestrated fascist coup d&#8217;etat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They called Russia&#8217;s parliament &#8220;rubber-stamp.&#8221; They lied accusing its members &nbsp;of &#8220;approv(ing) military intervention anywhere in Ukraine, which is nothing less than a declaration of war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They called Obama&#8217;s full responsibility for crisis conditions in Ukraine &#8220;made entirely in Moscow.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are world class diplomats. They&#8217;re democrats. They&#8217;re polar opposite Western fascists.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They&#8217;re worthy Nobel Peace Prize nominees. They&#8217;re more deserving than any other world leaders.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nobel Committee members have their own system. They honor war criminals. Peacemakers needn&#8217;t apply.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Journal editors write what responsible ones wouldn&#8217;t touch. They claimed Putin seeks &#8220;entrench(ed) authoritarianism in client states.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He wants them &#8220;prevent(ed) from joining free Europe,&#8221; they said. Freedoms in Western dominated areas are fast disappearing.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Neoliberal harshness is official policy. Ordinary people are ruthlessly exploited. Don&#8217;t expect Journal editors to explain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They lied claiming Russia&#8217;s upper house Federation Council &#8220;approved (a) declaration of war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They lied again calling Kiev&#8217;s coup d&#8217;etat parliament democratic. They quoted Obama lying. He called Moscow&#8217;s legitimate defense of Russian nationals a &#8220;breach of international law.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Journal editors urge aggressive anti-Russian measures. They want their officials targeted. They want Sixth Fleet warships patrolling Black waters close to Crimea.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Imagine their howls if Russian naval vessels entered the Gulf of Mexico. Imagine likely Washington countermeasures.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They want other NATO countries confronting Moscow. &#8220;Mr. Obama and the West must act,&#8221; they said. They must do more &#8220;than merely threaten&#8230;&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They absurdly called Ukraine &#8220;a casualty of Mr. Obama&#8217;s failure to enforce his &#8216;red line&#8217; on Syria.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Ukrainians can&#8217;t be left alone to face Russia, and the Kremlin&#8217;s annexation of Crimea can&#8217;t be allowed to stand,&#8221; they said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They called Putin &#8220;the leading edge of what could quickly become a new world disorder.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Journal editors and commentators specialize in reinventing history. Their rubbish doesn&#8217;t wash. They consistently turn truth on its head.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They suppress what readers most need to know. They disgrace themselves in the process.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A previous article quoted former Chicago columnist Mike Royko (1932 &#8211; 1997) saying: &#8220;No respectable fish would (want to) be wrapped in&#8221; a Murdoch paper. It&#8217;s more than ever true now.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ongoing crisis conditions persist. War winds threaten to become gale force. Potential East\/West conflict is real.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Obama bears full responsibility if it erupts. Bellowing scoundrel media liars share it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His new book is titled &#8220;Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It airs Fridays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. 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