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K “The ‘New York Times’ asserts that 200,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded. The editors hope and wish and dream that 200,000 of their fellow human beings have been killed and wounded. I researched the available sources and am really troubled by the number. Perhaps about 30,000 – 40,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded. The unfounded NYT’s allegation is part of the ‘Retreating to Moscow’ Narrative and not the ‘Advancing to Paris’ Narrative. Tomorrow, they will advance the ‘Advancing to Paris’ Narrative.”
J “The West will prevail. The ‘New York Times’ and the ‘Washington Post’ are two of the pillars of the government information machine. They are doing their job and their part. So there you have it.”
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K “And the NYT said that the sabotage of the Nord Stream Pipeline was a ‘mystery’ when it is clear to all right thinking folks who choreographed the terrorist attack. Do these people have no dignity or integrity?”
J “The West will prevail. The ‘New York Times’ and the ‘Washington Post’ are two of the pillars of the government information machine. They are doing their job and their part. So there you have it.”
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K “The NYT markets itself as the first draft of history. I doubt future historians will be taught and more importantly doubt that they will be rewarded for doubting everything written in and by the NYT. Every statement must be consumed cum grano salis.”
J “The West will prevail. The ‘New York Times’ and the ‘Washington Post’ are two of the pillars of the government information machine. They are doing their job and their part. So there you have it. End of discussion.”
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[See the e-commentary analyzing the two strains of the propaganda campaign in Russia: Advancing To Paris; Retreating To Moscow (December 5, 2022) and the consequences of the United States aiding and abetting the terrorist destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines at The U.S. Declares War On Germany, Europe, Russia And The Free World . . . Bank Of England Flops Then Flips . . . And The Supreme Beings Saunter Into Town (October 3, 2022).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“Washington – The number of Russian troops killed and wounded in Ukraine is approaching 200,000, a stark symbol of just how badly President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion has gone, according to American and other Western officials.” ‘The New York Times’, February 2, 2023.
“Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various ‘party lines’.” George Orwell, “Looking Back on the Spanish War”, Chapter 4 (1943).
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