As that fateful telephone conversation between Zelensky and Trump on the 25th July continues to reverberate around the world, let us pause for a moment and recognize the critical role that a free press has in holding politicians of all stripes accountable for their actions.
Without the freedom of the press in the USA none of us would be any the wiser of just how Trump saw the struggles of the people of Ukraine as a bargaining chip in his political strategy in the upcoming US 2020 presidential elections.
The world already knows about Trump's disdain for a free press.
As Julia Arciga (left) reported,
"President Trump went after the media again in a Friday tweet, claiming the press—and not just the “fake news” media—is the “enemy of the people.” (The Daily Beast : 5 April 2019) (my emphasis)
Trump, however, is not alone in regarding the press as "the enemy of the people".
Ian Bateson (right) of The Atlantic recently wrote that,
"Zelensky and his team .... have openly said they do not need journalists in their efforts to communicate with the public, opting instead for social media and slickly produced “interviews” carried out in-house." (The Atlantic : 25 September 2019) (my emphasis)
Indeed,
"Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan (left), argues that journalists—who he said are corrupt and need to “purify” themselves, in an interview with BBC News Ukrainian—are no longer necessary, and has said that a press conference with Zelensky will take place “when society demands such a press conference.” ... His argument is essentially that journalists have no role in deciding what the people want, and provide only one microphone of many the government can choose from. (ibid Ian Bateson)
Let us recall that Andriy Bohdan,
"..... previously served as deputy minister of justice and deputy minister in charge of anti-corruption policy under Viktor Yanukovich before the former president fled to Moscow during the Maidan uprising in 2014." (DW (Deutsche Welle) : 21.05.2019) (my emphasis)
With this in mind, I shall merely now include snippets of how a free press in the US brought to light just how Trump used the suffering of the Ukrainian people as a bargaining chip against Zelensky and, more importantly, brought to light the myriad of actors that worked in cahoots with Trump to try to achieve his aim of besmirching one of his main opponents in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections in the US, Joe Biden.
In the words of Mark Twain,
It's no wonder that TRUTH is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
And let us remind ourselves of what Andriy Bohdan said,
"Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan, argues that journalists—who he said are corrupt and need to “purify” themselves, in an interview with BBC News Ukrainian—are no longer necessary
(to be continued)
Without the freedom of the press in the USA none of us would be any the wiser of just how Trump saw the struggles of the people of Ukraine as a bargaining chip in his political strategy in the upcoming US 2020 presidential elections.
The world already knows about Trump's disdain for a free press.
As Julia Arciga (left) reported,"President Trump went after the media again in a Friday tweet, claiming the press—and not just the “fake news” media—is the “enemy of the people.” (The Daily Beast : 5 April 2019) (my emphasis)
Trump, however, is not alone in regarding the press as "the enemy of the people".
Ian Bateson (right) of The Atlantic recently wrote that,"Zelensky and his team .... have openly said they do not need journalists in their efforts to communicate with the public, opting instead for social media and slickly produced “interviews” carried out in-house." (The Atlantic : 25 September 2019) (my emphasis)
Indeed,
"Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan (left), argues that journalists—who he said are corrupt and need to “purify” themselves, in an interview with BBC News Ukrainian—are no longer necessary, and has said that a press conference with Zelensky will take place “when society demands such a press conference.” ... His argument is essentially that journalists have no role in deciding what the people want, and provide only one microphone of many the government can choose from. (ibid Ian Bateson)Let us recall that Andriy Bohdan,
"..... previously served as deputy minister of justice and deputy minister in charge of anti-corruption policy under Viktor Yanukovich before the former president fled to Moscow during the Maidan uprising in 2014." (DW (Deutsche Welle) : 21.05.2019) (my emphasis)
With this in mind, I shall merely now include snippets of how a free press in the US brought to light just how Trump used the suffering of the Ukrainian people as a bargaining chip against Zelensky and, more importantly, brought to light the myriad of actors that worked in cahoots with Trump to try to achieve his aim of besmirching one of his main opponents in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections in the US, Joe Biden.
MSNBC : 26 September 2019
MSNBC : 26 September 2019
MSNBC : 26 September 2019
MSNBC : 26 September 2019
In the words of Mark Twain,
It's no wonder that TRUTH is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
And let us remind ourselves of what Andriy Bohdan said,
"Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Bohdan, argues that journalists—who he said are corrupt and need to “purify” themselves, in an interview with BBC News Ukrainian—are no longer necessary
No comments:
Post a Comment