Watch: U.S. State Department Stumbles Over Themselves When Challenged
State Department spokesman and former CIA employee Ned Price is left flustered after AP's Matt Lee asks for evidence to back up U.S. Govt. claims of Russia planning a false flag operation.
With the country obsessed with a podcaster being able to podcast, the Associated Press’s Matt Lee took a stand on demanding transparency regarding an issue with massive global implications.
That matter is the government’s effort to ramp up tensions with Russia over Ukraine, and it’s been one of contention given the dishonesty on the part of U.S. leaders who choose to look past a number of important facts, of which include the years-long support given to far-right, Nazi-oriented groups that have been integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard, the conscious attempt to obfuscate the fact that the root of this issue is the promise the U.S. made in the 1990’s to not expand NATO to former Soviet states, the U.S. role in the Maidan coup of 2014, and the fact that Ukraine, France, and Germany have all cast aside the propaganda coming from the U.S. and U.K. and expressed a desire for peace.
A few weeks ago, the U.S. claimed that the Russian government was planning to carry out a false flag operation that would justify an invasion of Ukraine.
In a State Department press briefing, spokesperson and former CIA analyst Ned Price was asked by Matt Lee to provide evidence on the hefty claim, and what ensued was what the media called “a heated exchange.” It would have been more correct to say that “true journalism” ensued: holding power accountable.
The full video is worth the watch:
What this displays is two primary things. For one, it shows the absolute contempt the U.S. government has for anything that breaks its grand narrative. And two, it illustrates just how vital it is that we support journalism that actually challenges power.
“I remember WMD’s in Iraq,” Lee said in the exchange, scoffing at the idea that anyone should take the U.S. government at its word. And all Americans should remember that, and this moment.
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