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Outright lies from the New York Times: What you need to know about the dangerous new phase in the Ukraine crisis

Outright lies from the New York Times: What you need to know about the dangerous new phase in the Ukraine crisis

September 2, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

While establishment media toe Washington’s line, violence and instability have shaken the Ukraine this week The slightly fetid “phony war” in Ukraine—the unsettling stagnation noted in this space a month ago—is emphatically over. Suddenly there is movement on several fronts,…

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