The Ukrainian government released a list of reporters names that indicated that they were terrorist reporters. The author of this article, Andrew Kramer, was blacklisted on the list as a terrorist. Kramer perceived the list sarcastically because he most likely has no credibility anywhere else but is suggested to be a powerful person in the Ukrainian government's eyes. The article then talks about how hard-liners in the Ukraine have been furious at the foreign press, arguing that their courage played roles into Russia's powerful propaganda machine. The list is a compilation of reporters and others who applied for press passes in territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, aka Ukraine's main enemy in the two-year-old war in the East. Ukrainians remain outraged that Russian backed groups have been able to deftly amplify their message to the Western media and how the war has killed over 10,000 people. Two weeks after the list was published, Ukraine issued an apology stating that the list was not updated when released.
Rebecca Goeders
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/world/europe/reporter-branded-terrorist-ukraine.html?_r=0
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