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NYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative
Exclusive: The U.S. press coverage of the Ukraine crisis has been stunningly biased and one-sided, placing virtually all the blame on Russian President Putin. One of the worst offenders in this journalistic travesty has been the New York Times, writes…
Can Obama Speak Strongly for Peace?
From the Archive: President Obama is preparing a speech to address neocon charges that he’s shown “weakness” toward U.S. adversaries, but the greater challenge would be for him to tell the people why cooperation with those adversaries is vital for real peace, as…
Last Call for Spring Fund Drive
From Editor Robert Parry: If Consortiumnews.com is to continue providing independent journalism that challenges the dangerous “group think” of Official Washington, we need your help to get closer to the $25,000 goal for our spring fund drive.
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
Exclusive: The State Department’s handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine U.S. interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and pushing Russia and China back together, reports Robert Parry.
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories from April looked behind the Ukraine crisis, challenged the conventional wisdom on the Syria-Sarin dispute, exposed U.S. hypocrisy on Iran, explained the hard truth about Israeli “apartheid,” and explored Oklahoma’s rush to a ghoulish execution.
Let’s Finish This Spring Fund Drive
From Editor Robert Parry: We are wrapping up our spring fund drive at Consortiumnews.com, but we are still more than $10,000 short of our $25,000 goal. If you value the independent journalism that we provide, please help us get closer…
Hitler’s Shadow Reaches toward Today
From the Archive: The key role of neo-Nazis in Ukraine’s U.S.-backed coup is denied by the mainstream U.S. press, which can’t believe the U.S. government would collaborate with such unsavory characters, but that isn’t the real history, as Robert Parry…
Ethnic Russians Are People, Too
Exclusive: There’s an odor of prejudice in how the mainstream U.S. news media treats the ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, as if they are mindless beings, easily duped “minions” of Vladimir Putin. But this bias reflects more negatively on the…
Ukraine’s Dueling Elections
Exclusive: Voters in two eastern Ukrainian provinces showed strong support for secession from the coup regime in Kiev, but the U.S. State Department and other regime supporters reject the outcome and vow to press ahead with a special presidential vote…