UKRAINE-RUSSIA TENSION IN CRIMEA?

ARTICLE CRITIQUE

Response to Washington Post "Ukraine-Russia Tensions Evident in Crimea - Kremlin Asserting Its Influence in Region" by Philip P. Pan, Oct 6, 2009

by Gordon Hahn

The Washington Post article reviewed below is yet another one from the paper littered with one-sided opinion masquerading as news.  The article is yet another that insinuates into readers’ minds the view that Russia is planning aggression against Ukraine and is solely to blame for the deterioration in relations between the two countries.  It contains numerous inaccurate statements, claims unsupported by data or facts, and a consistently one-sided perspective.  It should be noted that this article follows a summer replete with articles in the Post and other mainstream media and other news outlets purporting to show that Russia would attack Georgia this summer.  ROPV continues to wait and see when these predictions will be borne out in and whether anyone else will hold the U.S. mainstream media responsible in any way for its misleading reporting.

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