Ray McGovern: Answering NewsGuard
To counter the hagiography engulfing the Ukrainian president, the author recommends a video tutorial he made in July and an article by Joe Lauria published in response to NewsGuard around the same time.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky displaying a present that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave him after his speech to U.S. Congress on Dec. 21. (C-Span still)
By Ray McGovern
RayMcGovern.com
One has to put some context around the appearance of Saint Volodymyr Zelensky one evening last week before the U.S. Congress. Those with a modicum of accurate background information could smell a rat behind all the hugs kisses, and stormy applause. The real record renders the smell a stench. Alas, neither the accurate record nor the stench can find its way into the corporate media.
Here’s the thing – in the words of humorist Will Rogers: “The problem ain’t what people know. It’s what people know that ain’t so; that’s the problem.”
A Help Desk
Happily, much has already been written and spoken that exposes the dominant (propaganda) narrative for what it is — drivel. For example, readers can find much helpful sustenance in an extremely detailed piece Joe Lauria of Consortium News wrote on July 2 about what actually happened in Ukraine over the past several years.
Joe’s piece came in response to spurious charges by an Orwellian “rating” group (led by the usual suspects) called “NewsGuard.” Consider Lauria’s piece required reading; you may find it on the final exam.
For those who prefer video, I gave a kind of kind of tutorial on July 7 with emphasis on how Russia views the stakes in Ukraine: “Ukraine: A Taste of The Truth.”
I have also done several other videos on the general subject of Ukraine.
Not-So-Much Journalists
Reading the two articles below confirms the truth of Will Rogers’s adage – in present circumstances a dangerous one – that THE problem is “what people know that ain’t so.”
You may wish to tell your friends to read/watch Lauria and me (above), as a sort of inoculation against the constant supply of rubbish on Ukraine that the public is subjected to.
This article is from RayMcGovern.com.
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. His 27-year career as a C.I.A. analyst includes serving as chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer/briefer of the President’s Daily Brief. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
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