As of 11 P.M. Eastern Time Sunday evening, searches at both the Associated Press and at the Politico on radioactive returned nothing relating to a comment made on TV by Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov reminding viewers that his country, as translated by the wire service AFP, is the only one in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash. Reuters also has a story here. Further evidence of AP disinterest is the fact that its two 10 Things to Know for Monday relating to Russia as of 9:03 p.m. noted the Wests intent to impose sanctions and penalties but did not mention the Russian threat. Kiselyov isnt some freelancer mouthing off for look at me attention. As such, the failure of these two outlets to report what is clearly a serious escalation in rhetoric emanating from Russia is breathtakingly negligent, even by their non-standards. Its as if theyre desperately trying to keep Kiselyovs statement from becoming an item on the U.S. morning news shows. Read more: newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/03/16/not-yet-news-ap-or-politico-russian-spokesmouths-turn-radioactive-ash-wa#ixzz2wJigWGhp
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:32:42 +0000
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