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Be skeptical about media coverage of Ukraine
American Thinker ^ | 03/04/2022 | Rajan Laad

Posted on 03/04/2022 6:51:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind

If you have been monitoring the coverage of the conflict in Ukraine, it is amply clear that a narrative is being pushed.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being compared to Winston Churchill during World War II; he is leading his people during perilous times to become an inspiring figure. He refused a safe passage offer from the U.S. with the quip: “I need ammunition, not a ride”. He streams videos from the deserted streets of Ukraine and posts photos with his cabinet. Photos of Zelenskyy surface in military gear on the battlefront. To sum it up, Zelensky is being portrayed as Churchill, Rambo and social media influencers all rolled into one.

Not to be left behind, a former Miss Ukraine, and the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelensky, reportedly joined the army. There are teary moments of Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to their families and children in the streets waving at them as they depart for war. There were photos of Russian soldiers holding Ukrainian girls as hostages. We see harrowing footage of injured Ukrainian children, slain Ukrainian soldiers, and explosions. We see courage as a brave Ukrainian child stands up to a Russian soldier, almost ordering him to leave her country.

It is all so poignant and inspiring until you fact-check the images.

The photos of Zelensky in military gear were from February 11, 2021, and April 9, 2021.  The photo of the Russian soldier holding Ukrainian girls at gunpoint was a 2005 photo from the West Bank. Neither the first lady of Ukraine nor the former Miss Ukraine is joining the armed forces.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: antipropaganda; bidensbuttboys; corruption; media; mediabias; propaganda; putin; russia; sorosbuttboys; ukraine
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To: agere_contra

The author of this article you link to is a hard-core leftist. Counterpunch is a hard-core leftist site.


61 posted on 03/04/2022 9:28:40 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: skeeter

Pathetic is a good word to describe everything you’ve said here. On that, we’re in agreement.


62 posted on 03/04/2022 9:32:26 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: SeekAndFind

This war is about a large scale invasion of one nation by another, without legitimate justification. The rest is fluff, and the various photos being either real or bogus doesn’t change that determinative point.


63 posted on 03/04/2022 9:52:10 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( .)
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To: sport
You know what Winston Churchill said about the truth, don’t you, Bags?

Refresh my memory. That guy's always good for a quote.


64 posted on 03/04/2022 9:54:34 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: SeekAndFind
The stink coming out of both media sides is off the charts, but the power it has over the lemmings who are sucking it all up unquestioningly is a sight to behold. Head nodders and tools every one of them.

Sit back. Crack a beer. Watch 'em as they happily dive off a cliff en masse.

65 posted on 03/04/2022 9:55:49 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: bagster

Man sometimes stumbles over the truth. Most of the times, he gets up, brushes himself off, and continues on.


66 posted on 03/04/2022 10:02:34 AM PST by sport
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To: Wpin

...and Ukrainian propaganda.


67 posted on 03/04/2022 10:30:01 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: bagster

Rothschild’s are an evil bankster family who use the power of government to impoverish the average citizen


68 posted on 03/04/2022 10:30:50 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: SeekAndFind

This misinformation is troubling.


69 posted on 03/04/2022 10:33:00 AM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This misinformation is troubling.


70 posted on 03/04/2022 10:33:00 AM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

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71 posted on 03/04/2022 12:31:13 PM PST by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: SeekAndFind

Understatement of the 21st century.


72 posted on 03/04/2022 3:47:34 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: frogjerk
The author of this article you link to is a hard-core leftist. Counterpunch is a hard-core leftist site.

No kidding. As Rush would have said 'What was your first clue?'

Hence the disclaimer that I added. At least Counterpunch is a pro-Russian leftist site, rather than a pro-Obama leftist site.

Would we expect to find in-depth coverage of the Odessa Massacre on anything other than a pro-Russian site? (or for that matter: the EuroMaiden False flag, or the eight years of warfare on the LDR and DPR republics?)

73 posted on 03/04/2022 10:29:41 PM PST by agere_contra
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