Gonzalo Lira’s merciless attack by the Daily Beast will be rem | Strategic Culture Foundation

Gonzalo Lira’s merciless attack by the Daily Beast will be remembered for years and make many hacks think before taking a swipe at America’s finest institutions.

The disappearance* of U.S. citizen journalist Gonzalo Lira looked like a new low point for the war in Ukraine. Sure, at least six western journalists so far have been killed in the conflict but the Chilean-born Lira’s case was quite special on so many levels – chiefly that in mid-April he seemed to have been taken by Ukrainian forces (or neo-Nazi brigades which they support) after being tipped off by a western media outlet. Or at least that’s what Lira claims in his last video clip he posted just hours before disappearing.

Remarkably, he claims if he were to be killed, it would be down to a petulant reaction from journalists working for the Daily Beast, who he seems to have clashed with – and who took it upon themselves to tell the Ukrainian government his exact location.

Read more by Martin Jay: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/27/is-western-media-capable-killing-us-blogger-who-didnt-sign-up-washington-manufactured-consent-ukraine/

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*Since writing this article, Gonzalo Lira has emerged safe and well

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