Today, having apparently learned no lessons—or the wrong ones—from Iraq, reporters for corporate newspapers and cable TV programs are yet again facing criticism for their coverage of a war, this time one in which the White House has vowed not to involve U.S. troops.
During briefings held at the White House over the past week as Russia ramped up its assault on Ukraine, correspondents have incessantly pushed Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Joe Biden's refusal to escalate U.S. involvement in the war even further, questioning the administration's refusal to impose a no-fly zone and send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. By contrast, very few questions have centered on the diplomatic talks between Russia and Ukraine and what the U.S. is doing to facilitate the ongoing negotiations."
-->Why must it be that way? The NYT gives pages and pages of coverage to Ukraine each day. Did the NYT cover the mass suffering of Yemen under attack by US planes and bombs? Or to the genocidal attacks on Gaza that the US encouraged and paid for? And will this drumbeat for war push the administration into WW III?
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Black Agenda Report:
"Half of the Countries Abstaining from the United Nations General Assembly Resolution Condemning Moscow Were African Union Member States. Since the post-World War II period national liberation movements and independent countries in Africa have developed solid diplomatic and economic relations with the former Soviet Union and today’s Russian Federation.
It is this history which underlines the refusal of numerous African governments and mass organizations to side with the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in its efforts to encircle Russia in order to leave it as a diminished state dependent upon the dominant imperialist nations globally.
In the immediate aftermath of the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the racist treatment of approximately 16,000 African students as well as thousands of others from Asia gained international news coverage. Africans were denied admission onto trains, refused food provided to Ukrainians, while attempting to seek refuge in neighboring countries such as Poland.
These incidents should not have been surprising considering the expansion and institutionalization of fascist and Nazi ideology among those governing the Ukrainian state since the U.S.-backed Euromaidan coup of February 2014. Washington, under the administration of former President Barack Obama, sought to subvert any efforts by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych to walk a middle-line between the U.S., European Union on the one side and Russia on the other."
https://www.blackagendareport.com/many-africans-reject-washingtons-position-ukraine-crisis
-->This reporting is all the more surprising because our mainstream media just never takes this point of view. Rather the US media is all Pentagon propaganda all of the time.
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Common Dreams:
"Progressives Hand Biden List of 55 Executive Actions Because 'Working People Can't Wait.' 'Taken together, these actions will have an immediate and meaningful impact on people's lives,' said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
With the pivotal midterm elections looming, the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday unveiled a slate of more than 50 executive actions it is urging President Joe Biden to pursue as much of his domestic policy agenda remains stalled in Congress—thanks in large part to right-wing members of his own party.
The CPC's new list of executive order recommendations is broad in scope, aiming to address a variety of pressing issues including sky-high drug prices, the worsening climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, mounting student loan debt, and a rigged tax system—priorities that Biden vowed to tackle on the campaign trail in 2020."
-->The Washington Post covered this story, but very few other news outlets did. The Democratic Party would like to have us focus on Ukraine and Russia so it didn't have to talk about the party's failed progressive agenda.
