Media Are Now Whitewashing Nazis They Had Previously Condemned
Moon of Alabama | Recently the New York Times, like many other 'western' outlets, has changed its language when reporting about the fascist Ukrainian Asov Battalion. What was once "a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization" which even the FBI said is notorious for its “association with neo-Nazi ideology” was first relabeled as merely "far right" before it became a normal "unit in the Ukrainian military". [...] It is not that Azov has de-radicalized over time. It has in fact grown more extreme. Azov has infiltrated other organizations, especially some units of the Ukrainian regular military, the national guard, the police and the internal secret security organization SBU. Azov is by far not the only fascist (para-)military organization in Ukraine. There is the Aidar battalion, the Right Sector, the C-14 'youth' organization of the fascist Svoboda party as well as a dozen other such organization. These groups are not only not prohibited as they should be but get encouraged and partially financed by the Ukrainian government. The infiltration of the security services and government has dangerous consequences for the Ukrainian public.