How Not To Report On Ukraine

 

moon of alabama

Sitting in New York and London three New York Times writer penned a current above the fold piece on events in Ukraine. It is headlined:

As Western Arms Pour Into Ukraine, Zelensky Promises Victory

A version of the piece also appeared in print on April 24, 2022, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline:

As Heavy Arms Arrive, Ukraine Gets a Boost In Defending the East.

The 'report' seems to be an attempt to summarize the current situation in Ukraine. But the choice of voices quoted in it does not give me any confidence that it is painting a realistic picture:

President Volodymyr Zelensky ... expressed ...
Mr. Zelensky said ...
Mr. Zelensky said ...
The Pentagon and the State Department declined to comment
Mr. Zelensky said ...
Military analysts said ...
Britain’s Ministry of Defense said ...
The ministry said ...
Canada on Friday announced ...
... after President Biden announced ...
Mr. Zelensky reiterated ...
... the Ukrainian defense intelligence agency warned ...
It also said ...
The secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said ...
... The Associated Press reported.
... an aide to the city’s mayor said.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, said ...
... Ukrainian officials said.
... said Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential administration.
Mr. Zelensky reacted angrily ... denouncing ... and asking ...
Photographs and video from the scene appeared to show ...
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Twitter ...
... the region’s governor said.
... the Ukrainian military claimed
Mr. Zelensky seized on a Russian general’s statement ...
... Mr. Zelensky said.
Military and political analysts have cast doubt ...
But the commander’s hint ...
... the Moldovan government summoned ...
Poland, ... , said ...
Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, shared a photograph on Twitter ... that she said ...
... she wrote ...

To me it seems that there is something amiss with this piece.

Posted by b on April 24, 2022 at 9:18 UTC | Permalink

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