LETTER: Assess the veracity of such claims
Was any attempt made to check the facts of Bloomberg’s Russophobic article?
26 August 2020 - 15:20
I quite often read syndicated articles and wonder whether they are chosen by the newspaper for their content or whether it is on the basis of take-it-or-leave-it. The Bloomberg article about the evil one from the Urals comes to mind (“Vladimir Putin will have last word in Belarus — and that word will be ‘mine’” (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-08-18-vladimir-putin-will-have-last-word-in-belarus-and-that-word-will-be-mine/),August 18).
Was any attempt made to check the veracity of the overtly Russophobic claims made by this mainstream media organ? Two examples should suffice. ..
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