AT WHAT POINT did the mainstream media stop treating Ukraine as the most corrupt nation in Europe, with a political system where some very nasty Nazi-sympathising elements have significant political sway?
At some point in the run-up to Vladimir Putin’s invasion, almost all mainstream media outlets started reporting on Ukraine as though it was a saintly country that could do no wrong.
Phrases like ‘Azov Battalion’ and ‘Right Sector’ are completely missing from news coverage of Ukraine.
Deviation from this line is rare, so I am pleased to be able to share this short article from Christopher Miller of the Financial Times with a wider audience. It’s several days old so has no ‘news value’, but issues like this matter.
Marcus Stead
The Real Ukraine
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By MARCUS STEAD
AT WHAT POINT did the mainstream media stop treating Ukraine as the most corrupt nation in Europe, with a political system where some very nasty Nazi-sympathising elements have significant political sway?
The BBC’s Newsnight has never really recovered from Jeremy Paxman’s departure and is pretty much unwatchable nowadays, but eight years ago the programme did make this excellent short film about the links between the Ukrainian government and neo-Nazis.
At some point in the run-up to Vladimir Putin’s invasion, almost all mainstream media outlets started reporting on Ukraine as though it was a saintly country that could do no wrong.
Phrases like ‘Azov Battalion’ and ‘Right Sector’ are completely missing from news coverage of Ukraine.
Deviation from this line is rare, so I am pleased to be able to share this short article from Christopher Miller of the Financial Times with a wider audience. It’s several days old so has no ‘news value’, but issues like this matter.
Yes, Putin is a bully and a tyrant. But the truth about this is far more complex than we are being told.
Written by Marcus Stead
January 31, 2023 at 10:43 pm
Posted in Comment, Opinion, Politics