The tragedy being played out in Ukraine is very important for us
in alternative media. This story is very clear-cut and those who have
done wrong (and continue to do so) are obvious. There is plenty
of conclusive evidence that Washington and Brussels backed an illegal
coup against a democratically elected government in Ukraine. The West is
in complete denial, and its official narrative that there was a
people’s revolution is itself propaganda.
The media are even worse. The violent events that ended the
constitutional order in Kiev included snipers killing over 90 people.
Western media took little interest in the story when it began to appear
that those pulling the triggers were associated with anti-government
forces. A massacre occurred in the city of Odessa. An ample amount
of video available on YouTube shows the culprits were fascistic elements
aligned with the coup government. Western media has taken little
interest in the story.
Then there is MH-17. For a few weeks it was treated as one of the
biggest stories in media history. But then, MH-17 disappeared from the
headlines. Why? Common sense dictates western intelligence should know
who shot the plane out of the sky. The information is not being
disclosed but the media line is of course that ‘the Russians did it’.
And western media is not interested in asking any further questions. But
those of us who do or who put forward alternative scenarios are called
propagandists.
The ultimate trick question when it comes to western coverage
of Ukraine is to ask: “When did Russia invade Ukraine?” There is no
answer because there has never been an invasion (and most likely never
will be either). At the same time western audiences are fed 24/7
wall-to-wall dis- and misinformation about Ukraine. Anyone who
challenges this is called a propagandist.
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