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.
