2022-05-27 05:43:03
The article “Ukraine destruction: how the #Guardian documented Russia’s use of illegal weapons” is very indicative of how propaganda journalism works. The item contains photos, sketches, military-technical and legal explainers, references to expert opinions, personal impressions, and whatnot. What is missing there is evidence that cluster bombings and flechettes (darts) should be attributed to Russia. Except for one - the Ukrainian officials say so.
Were the reporters a bit less engaged with the Ukrainian propaganda, they could have reasoned that since the fragments of the munitions were all discovered in the areas previously controlled by the Russian forces, like Gostomel, Bucha, Irpen, Borodyanka, they must be a result of Ukrainian rather than Russian shelling. With a bit of commitment to the standards of objectivity and impartiality, the Guardian could easily find out that the same darts had been identified as fragments of shells the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Popasnaya or that the Ukrainian Tochka-U tactical missile that hit a residential neighbourhood in Donetsk on 14 March contained cluster cassettes.
But then, of course, it would be a very different kind of journalism.
#Antifake
@MFARussia
Original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/24/ukraine-destruction-how-the-guardian-documented-russia-use-of-weapons?utm_term=628d49df92430108efd7eb5cb6b957d9&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email
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