WND reports here http://www.wnd.com/2016/ 05/russia-romania-could-be- smoking-ruins/ that
"Russian officials" threatened to turn Romania into "smoking ruins."
They did not provide a link to that quote and did not state what Russian
"official" had said it.
So
I went fishing and discovered that the quote came from a NYT article
and no Russian officials were quoted. In fact, it came from a member of
the Russian public, just some blogger or participant of a forum. Even
NYT does not specify who may have made the idle remark or on what web
site:
Here http://www.nytimes.com/ 2016/05/13/world/europe/ russia-nato-us-romania- missile-defense.html?_r=0 is the original report of the anonymous remark:
But the public discussion in Russia was darker, including online commentary of how a nuclear confrontation might play out in Europe, and the prospect that Romania, the system’s host, might be reduced to “smoking ruins.”
Does WND not know the difference between a Russian official and an anonymous member of the Russian public?
Suppose a Russian journalist quoted a member of the KKK haranguing
about blacks and claimed the quote came from an American 'official'."
Americans
rightly complain that the msm have lowered their standards and
constantly lie. But these same Americans read WND and think they are
reading the gospel truth.
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