Daily Kos: The Best Russo-Ukraine War Reporting
Most major media war reporting isn’t just uniformly terrible; it’s biased and nearly criminally incomplete. The best Russo-Ukrainian war reporting I’ve seen is in the Daily Kos.
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Why Obscure the Responsibility for War Crimes?
The Washington Post headlines have been getting better. But today’s site has one screwed headline so massively passive it brought tears to my eyes. Is there a WaPo law about never using active voicing? Why obscure the responsibility?
I Hate Weasel Words & Literary Cowardice
It’s weird when big media like the Washington Post hedges what are clear ideas. They seem to get exceedingly vague about wars and climate. Is it careful phrasing or literary cowardice in the face of conservative blowback?
Give Ukrainians More Drones!
Military leaders are famous for re-fighting earlier wars. So sure, bribe Poland into donating all their old, expensive, delicate MIGs to the cause. But starting, like yesterday, send Ukraine more drones.
Russian Invasion; The New Russo-Ukrainian War
Putin’s declarations don’t just repudiate the 2014 peace accord, he denies the agreements that peacefully ended the Soviet Union. Welcome to the new Russo-Ukrainian War.
Op-Ed Kings, the Chaterotica, and Intellectual Dishonesty
Nathan is right about Matt Bai. There’s a lot of lazy illogic and intellectual dishonesty in the chattering class. But there are also good and insightful writers. Even when I disagree with them.
Too Little, or a Big Rock to the Head
The Times writes, that if Russia invades Ukraine, Biden will hit Russian banks “harder than ever before.” Unless they’re talking artillery it’s too little.
Peace! Our Twenty-Year Nightmare War is Over
Unlike every earlier administration, President Biden finally ended the endless Afghanistan war. America is finally at peace after two decades of pointless death and destruction.