For those halfwits who think I suffer from Putin Derangement Syndrome, and have nothing good to say about the KGB thug and his Russian invader army (nothing could be further from the truth), we offer the following as proof to the contrary:
Apparently, those virtuous and wonderful marauding cutthroats, amidst shelling cities in Ukraine wantonly and profligately, managed to take the time to deliberately whack a NYTimes reporter. Which, just like Hitler's German shepherd Blondi, proves that even genocidal megamurderous maniacs can have a good point or two about them.
If Putin had launched an invasion of Manhattan, and set out to shoot all the reporters at the NYTimes, rather than brutally subjugate Ukraine under his dictatorial thumb, we might revise and amend our opinion of him. He could do no worse as mayor there or governor in that state than the recent selections have done, and as a recovering KGB colonel, he's already from the same party as the one in power there since the 1930s.
We're hoping that media lightweights like Don Lemon, Joe Scarborough and Mika Airhead, Rachel Madcow, and Jim Acosta can manage to get over to Ukraine too, very soon, before the war ends. The closer to Russian troops, the better, AFAIC.
UPDATE: Sounds like the actual story is that it was the Ukes who capped the guy, because press were barred by the military commander of the district from an operational area, because the press fucktards kept revealing names, faces, locations, and TTPs through sheer dumbassery and a dearth of military common sense. Some Uke troops reportedly caught the guy filming (because he thought he had Cinematic Immunity to martial law), assumed he was a Russian spy, and blew his shit away.
Uke response: "FA,FO; play stupid games, win stupid prizes, @$$holes."
Ivan's response: "WTF? Never heard of him."
Presstard's Response: "Holy Shit! The Russians are targeting reporters! OMG!!!"
So yet another reason to love the Ukrainians, and hate Putin.
But if Vlad's thugs ever do start shooting reporters from the NYTimes, we repeat: We will amend our previous comments to the degree such behavior merits.
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Clinton bombed reporters as they were considered military assets . It was called, wait for it, the Clinton Doctrine by some.
Good for the goose is good for the gander.
Also if things go hot here, anyone who says anything the other side doesn't like is a dead man if such things can be arranged. Truth or in the case of the NYT is always the first casualty of war.
The NYT reported he hadn't worked for them in years and the press pass was not valid having expired over a decade ago.
I'm wondering if thr NYT is lying or if this guy was doing sonething the press shouldn't have been doing... orthe russians just shot him just for fun.
90% of what all sides say is BS, so we'll bever likely know the truth.
Exile1981
Sherman once said (well, allegedly) that he would have had all the reporters in his Army shot, but then he would be reading dispatches from Hell by lunchtime.
Sorry for this guy's family but wartime journalism has alway been very high risk.
The outrage in the linked post is typical of narcissistic journalists (but I repeat myself).
War, refugees fleeing their homes in the dead of winter, pictures of dead civilians; it's all good fun and great copy until someone important (i.e. a journalist no one in the real world has ever heard of) gets hurt.
Get over your selves. You adrenalin junkies wanted to go play in a 2-way live fire range, this is what you get.
At least they didn't say this self-important adventure seeker "died in the line of duty", but I'm sure it's coming.
I read he was working on a refugee/ imigrant documentary currently, makes me assume he was some sort of activist.
Some evidence coming out that the fire he took came from a Ukrainian checkpoint in an area still under the control of UKR forces. Not saying that's definitive, or true, but I take every single thing I see or hear with a metric fuckton of salt. I believe very little anymore, even beyond the fog of war.
"We're hoping that media lightweights ... can manage to get over to Ukraine too, very soon, before the war ends."
If we could only be ssooooo lucky to include the entire editorial staffs of the NYT, WAPO and ABCNBCCNNMSDNC and NPR. That would be a well deserved good start.
Nemo
Oops. Seems more likely the Ukes offed him. https://dossier.substack.com/p/tragic-shooting-of-american-journalist?s=w&utm_medium=email
Oops yourself. Guess you missed the update on the OP, that's been up since about noon PDT yesterday, about nine hours before your comment.
But thinking there was any chance Putin had gotten anything right was definitely an error.
QED
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