Thank you, Yves, for linking to Moon of Alabama’s explication of why the NYT and Guardian dutifully conceal the fact that their oppressed-person-du-jour Protasevich is actually an ardent neo-Nazi. In this context I think it’s well worth going back to Moon of Alabama’s November 20 post, which showed in its own words how the NYT recruits its propagandists-formerly-known-as-journalists:
Did you ever wonder, MoA asked back in November, why ‘western’ mainstream media get stories about Russia and other foreign countries so wrong? It is simple. They hire the most brainwashed, biased and cynical writers they can get for the job. Those who are corrupt enough to tell any lie required to support the world view of their editors and media owners…. Here is evidence in form of a New York Times job description for a foreign correspondent position in Moscow: