Day: April 26, 2014

Will NBC Retract Story NYT Has Walked Back? By Peter Hart

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26 April 2014 — FAIR Blog

NBC-UkraineNew York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan‘s critique (4/24/14) of her paper’s handling of their Russia/Ukraine photo scoop closed with this:

The Times‘ influence demands that it be cautious, especially when deciding to publish what amounts to a government handout.

The thing about the news business is that what appears in the New York Times reappears lots of other places. The Times piece, “Photos Link Masked Men in East Ukraine to Russia,” was posted on Sunday night (4/20/14) and appeared on the paper’s front page the next day. So it was no surprise that it would wind up on one on the network newscasts. The NBC Nightly News, to be precise.

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New York Times attempts to whitewash its role in publishing faked Ukraine photos By Alex Lantier

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26 April 2014 — WSWS

Yesterday, amid rising anger among New York Times readers over the newspaper’s publication of faked US State Department photos, the Times issued a whitewash of its role by its public editor, Margaret Sullivan, titled “Aftermath of Ukraine Photo Story Shows Need for More Caution.”

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Kerry’s statement on Ukraine: A lying brief for war By Alex Lantier

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26 April 2014 — WSWS

On Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a lying brief for war aimed at justifying the crackdown by the Western-backed Kiev regime on pro-Russian protests in eastern Ukraine and possible military action against Russia. Declaring confrontation with Russia to be all but inevitable, he turned reality on its head, blaming the crisis entirely on Russia and clearing Kiev of all responsibility.

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Overthrowing Fascism: Portugal and “The Right to Rebellion” By Miguel Urbano Rodrigues

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25 April 2014 — Global Research – Tlaxcala

Forty years have passed since April 25, 1974.

miguelurbanoForty years have passed since April 25, 1974. Today throughout the country the Portuguese people will celebrate the anniversary of the overthrow of fascism.

The goal of the military coup that morning was to end the colonial war. But within a few hours the torrential participation of the people changed the direction and purpose of the movement. That the masses took to the streets pushed the captains of April to make a revolution in which the alliance between the people and the Armed Forces Movement played a decisive role.

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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 19-26 April 2014: Ukraine-Nukes / Korea / Global Economy / Russia-China / CIA / Yugoslavia

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26 April 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation

US to Turn Ukraine into Second Chernobyl

26.04.2014 | 13:00 | Leonid SAVIN

The date of April 26, 2014 marks the 28th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion of the 4th reactor at the Chernobyl power plant. This is the time when alarming news is coming to evoke concern over the future of Ukraine’s nuclear industry.

The use of US-produced fuel for Soviet reactors is not compatible with their design and violates the security requirements. It could lead to disasters comparable with what happened in Chernobyl. The International Union of Veterans of Nuclear Energy and Industry (IUVNEI) issued the following statement on April 25, “Nuclear fuel produced by the US firm Westinghouse does not meet the technical requirements of Soviet-era reactors, and using it could cause an accident on the scale of the Chernobyl disaster, which took place on the 26th April 1986.” Continue reading →