tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post5680485370477926151..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: Tarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-68011697694907830542008-05-16T10:52:00.000+03:002008-05-16T10:52:00.000+03:00Yes! Thanks to Halya Coynash of KHRPG and to many ...Yes! <BR/><BR/>Thanks to Halya Coynash of KHRPG and to many good people who contributed to the effort, we’ve achieved good results!<BR/><BR/>More credits <A HREF="http://www.khpg.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1210894996" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://eng.maidanua.org/node/864" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-43828702932516049702008-05-15T22:29:00.000+03:002008-05-15T22:29:00.000+03:00Deutsche Welle have apologised!Prominent European ...Deutsche Welle have apologised!<BR/><BR/>Prominent European media outlets recently circulated false reports of an Adolf Hitler doll being made in Ukraine. Ukrainian journalist Yevgeny Minko said he was disappointed with how the erroneous story was handled.<BR/><BR/>DW-WORLD.DE was among the European media sources to publish the falsified report on its English site in April 2008. It has since been removed from the Web site. The editors apologize to those readers who were offended by the publication of the article.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3337110,00.htmlTaziukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164508672265793539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-88024786726385211262008-05-13T14:52:00.000+03:002008-05-13T14:52:00.000+03:00Thank you, Taras! I'm in. I just emailed them.Thank you, Taras! I'm in. I just emailed them.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-31040319275316295102008-05-13T01:23:00.000+03:002008-05-13T01:23:00.000+03:00We've been working hard to remove the pollution th...We've been working hard to remove the pollution this story has generated from the web.<BR/><BR/>http://www.khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1210550372<BR/>http://www.khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1210170861<BR/>http://www.ukar.ca/shevchenko/buzyna/hitler.html<BR/><BR/>Let's clean this mess up!<BR/><BR/>.../TarasTaziukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164508672265793539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-53478132359989071782008-05-03T15:37:00.000+03:002008-05-03T15:37:00.000+03:00We did it! At least one more media outlet has retr...We did it! At least one more media outlet has retracted the story. Thank you for the tip, guys! <BR/><BR/>However, not all have been as cooperative as The Trumpet.com. <BR/><BR/>We need more action to make the Western media embrace higher standards and firsthand sources in its coverage of Ukraine.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-86730826547899393662008-05-03T14:30:00.000+03:002008-05-03T14:30:00.000+03:00Just saw this:http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?...Just saw this:<BR/>http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5109.3384.0.0<BR/><BR/>"The Trumpet.com has withdrawn an article titled “Adolf Hitler Arrives in Ukraine Shops.” The source material that the article was based on was both inaccurate and misleading."Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599692528036144838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-51097502514549282452008-05-03T03:29:00.000+03:002008-05-03T03:29:00.000+03:00It's been retracted! http://www.thetrumpet.com/in...It's been retracted! http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5109.3384.0.0Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738807778469349193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-40795683702709157062008-04-30T19:01:00.000+03:002008-04-30T19:01:00.000+03:00Thank you! I’ve read the original Ukrainian versio...Thank you! <BR/><BR/>I’ve read the original Ukrainian version of this article, titled “<A HREF="http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/4/25/75215.htm" REL="nofollow">Операція ‘Нацизм’</A>” (Operation Nazism).Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-6326129687179417562008-04-30T08:11:00.000+03:002008-04-30T08:11:00.000+03:00from www.pravda.com.ua HOW NORTHERN BROTHERS DESTR...from www.pravda.com.ua <B>HOW NORTHERN BROTHERS DESTROY UKRAINE and WHO and WHY helps them?<BR/><BR/>Lately ORT (Public Russian Television) presented a story, adding one more link to the chain of typical for the recent Russian news headlines. Vitaliy Kadchenko, ORT’s reporter in Kyiv, Ukraine, sharply and abruptly described the “reality” of a city, captivated by some inexistent fascists.<BR/><BR/>“As appears that Hitler puppets are a very saleable merchandise here. The doll is wrapped up in a beautiful package – and it is a top spring merchandise in Kyiv” – says the “unbiased and honest” Russian journalist.<BR/><BR/>The toys are 40 cm tall (produced in China) and each doll is priced at $250. Adolph has 3 suites, a cap; and has a movable jaw. The filming was perfect – black presentation box, golden numbers, and nice set of accessories – boots, leather coat with a bandage, black glasses “a la John Lennon”. A Hollywood blockbuster, in other words!<BR/>As one of the viewers said “it’s simply a set of toy dishes, Russian-speaking toy-toddlers and the recipe how to make a soup out of them”<BR/>It is more than APPARENT that Russian TV channels went back to early seventies – because even the most prejudiced Ukrainian media looks like British BBC when compared to Russian Television. <BR/>But BBC itself acted more then surprisingly. On the 22nd of April the company broadcasted a news report on Hitler-doll. Everything to the tiniest fragment was dubbed and mimicked from the Russian version: the camera perspective of the “Nazi-toy”, a worried voice of the reporter, and even the “expert’s” text, who’s usually getting his “generous” gratuity from the ignorant readers, submitting articles about historical unproven stories to one of Ukrainian papers. <BR/>In the BBC report, Jane Hadden starts the report with words “Could this really become the new must-have toy for the children of Ukraine?”<BR/>We, of course, will not cavil at every of the hundreds of mistakes in the plot, for example, reporter’s alignment of a small Souvenir Shop in the Mall (“Globe”) selling expensive trinkets and a normal toy store.<BR/>Or – how many Ukrainians can afford to buy such a “nazi-foofraw”. They would probably have to cut their budget by 90% to buy it. What would they eat then?<BR/>The Video-sequence is very impressive – the dissolve of Hitler’s face into the background picture of Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the bell tower of St. Sophia cathedral. As they say, “mute the TV and try to guess what the story is about”. The cases of mindless copying of somebody else’s reportage are not rare in the industry – slackers-reporters can be found in any country.<BR/>A doll in the souvenir shop is an ABSURD, which should have received proper response from local law enforcement authority. Nothing more. Although one shouldn’t see Ukraine as an exception. <BR/>If you search the popular online "EBAY" auction for “Hitler”, the query will instantly populate 1799 different offers – post stamps, coins, postcards, magazines, silhouettes, sculptures, gift issues of “Mein Kampf” from 1940 in the mint condition! HALLLOOOOOOOOOOOO?!!!!!!!<BR/>And this is just what could be seen on the surface – a shadow European market of Nazi attributes is prospering. Did British prince William make the suit on his own when he arrived to the party in the Nazi dress?<BR/>Mass Russian ANTI-UKRAINIAN campaign aiming to disparage and vilify Ukraine in the world’s eyes is fast on its way.<BR/>Its purpose is to raise social hostility both within Ukraine and abroad, in order to force the Stalinist propaganda against the weak attempts to reconcile Ukrainians. Just to be able to attack from all sides and angles.<BR/>The top idea is probably to draw the EP’s attention to the danger of Nazism in Ukraine. Russia is now squeamish about the means – starting from Yushchenko personification-nazification and going all the way through to the hidden cameras.<BR/>Russians expect the hardest blow on May 9th, but so far it’s just the artillery preparation. And the British broadcaster mindlessly plays into Russians’ hand, assisting Russian imperial policy. It is again one of those cases when Ukraine is judged and seen through the eyes of its neighbor’s propaganda. <BR/>And it will last until Ukrainians become the source themselves. Somehow BBC doesn’t show the reality of Poland or Hungary using Russian media reports and video sequences, or I am mistaken???<BR/>Is that just a journalist’s and editor’s incompetence which has to be immediately disproved followed by a public apology or it is a propaganda to assist the splitting of the country to throw a weak democracy back in the abyss?<BR/></B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-9716366077871428122008-04-26T13:32:00.000+03:002008-04-26T13:32:00.000+03:00Wow! Thanks a lot! So here’s the original report! ...Wow! Thanks a lot! So here’s the original report! Argh…too bad I couldn’t find it.<BR/><BR/>Well, there is <I>a</I> Hitler toy on sale at a certain store in Ukraine.<BR/><BR/>But is it the “hit of spring sales,” as Russia’s Channel One claimed? Is it manufactured in Ukraine, as the Western media said? Where is that “whole line of people eager to buy” it? Where’s all the fun?<BR/><BR/>By the way, the BBC seems to have pulled the story off its Web site.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7362161.stm" REL="nofollow"> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7362161.stm</A><BR/><BR/>But YouTube still has it.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp1PMZj6eaM" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp1PMZj6eaM</A><BR/><BR/>Others chose to keep it intact on their Web sites. And most of their readers swallowed it. Be sure to check out the commentary section.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561519&in_page_id=1770" REL="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561519&in_page_id=1770</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/22/whitler122.xml" REL="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/22/whitler122.xml</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3288661,00.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3288661,00.html</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>Here’s a great Russian-language summary of Ukraine’s helplessness in the Hitlergate:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://obkom.net.ua/articles/2008-04/25.2033.shtml" REL="nofollow">http://obkom.net.ua/articles/2008-04/25.2033.shtml</A>Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-7285122251631657952008-04-25T17:07:00.000+03:002008-04-25T17:07:00.000+03:00You’re right to point out the attention diversion ...You’re right to point out the attention diversion effect. <BR/><BR/>Had Channel One really cared about the proliferation of neo-Nazism, they wouldn’t have gone that far. Walking the streets of Moscow would have given them plenty of material. As an alternative, they could have done a report on the migration of Russian-influenced neo-Nazism to Ukraine.<BR/><BR/>What they did is a grossly misleading, deceptive report that goes beyond sensationalism and fits into a pattern of defamation. Thanks to the Western media’s blind faith in Russia as a reliable source of information on Ukraine, the story hit the screen around the globe. <BR/><BR/>(By the way, in the US, the "Ukrainian Nazi" subject has been exploited before. Many Ukrainian Americans still recall the <I><A HREF="http://www.infoukes.com/politics/cbs60minutes/gregorovich/" REL="nofollow">The Ugly Face of Freedom</A></I>, the CBS <I>60 Minutes</I> program which aired October 23, 1994.)<BR/><BR/>Luckily, I became aware of this Western dimension minutes after I published my initial blog posting — by following up on several “Hitler toy” queries to my blog.<BR/><BR/>Once I Googled the “Hitler toy,” I posted an update. Thanks to Global Voices and Google, dozens of people curious about the story ended up learning Ukraine’s side of the story. The list of VIP visitors includes the European Commission, the UNDP Kyiv office, the US Coast Guard, the Romanian Embassy in Moscow, and Yale University.<BR/><BR/>While the Russian side of the story raises the issue of balance, the Western version raises the issue of blowback.<BR/><BR/>UNIAN (Ukrainian Independent Information News Agency) eagerly jumped at the Hitler toy, linking to an English-language source that quoted “Zerkalo Tizhden” yet gave no link. Doesn’t UNIAN know that there is no such newspaper as “Zerkalo Tizhden” in Ukraine? This blowback of unverified information almost merits a conspiracy theory. <BR/><BR/>Whether a coordinated attack or not, the Hitlergate proves that Ukraine can be asleep at the switch when it comes to English-language media issues.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-86749155781052891312008-04-25T15:39:00.000+03:002008-04-25T15:39:00.000+03:00http://www.dt.ua/1000/1550/62775/"Роздягни Гітлера...http://www.dt.ua/1000/1550/62775/<BR/>"Роздягни Гітлера, або Барбіфюрер у подарунок"<BR/><BR/>could the story be a plant albeit on a real topic? Sure anything is possible. But still nice to know that Russia Today reads Mirror Weekly - always knew it was an extremely influential paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-33884817772550883182008-04-24T20:25:00.000+03:002008-04-24T20:25:00.000+03:00This is just awful. And in a way, doubly sad beca...This is just awful. <BR/><BR/>And in a way, doubly sad because it distracts away from the legitimate issues of neo-nazism and quasi-fascist groups that are apparently on the rise both in Ukraine and Russia.<BR/><BR/>Concentrating on a stupid, insensitive piece of war memorabilia and a mishandled homework assignment about propaganda turns the story into manufactured sensationalism. Which is what they're after, of course. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, asserting it's a "must-have" toy is just idiotic.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599692528036144838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-63614279063542837422008-04-24T13:05:00.000+03:002008-04-24T13:05:00.000+03:00The Ukrainian government machinery works poorly an...The Ukrainian government machinery works poorly and communicates poorly. <BR/><BR/>After all, Ukrainian officialdom pissed away the immense credibility boost of the Orange Revolution. They live like Western corporate execs, but rarely speak English, or any other foreign language for that matter. Why try harder?<BR/><BR/>No wonder Ukraine often fails to make her voice heard. That prolongs the Western habit of viewing Ukraine through the Kremlin’s lens.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-26710329601753296012008-04-23T18:58:00.000+03:002008-04-23T18:58:00.000+03:00While items like the one you have very well writte...While items like the one you have very well written and documented go on in the "media" and continue unabated via written press, Internet, broadcasts, and now NGO's, Ukrainian govt officials in most cases act like ostriches, with their heads down in the sand searching for "business" and "investors', with their nether regions exposed. My only hope is that Ukraine does not go the way of the dodo. <BR/><BR/>Seventeen years of independence and still mass media relies on Moscow for news on and about Ukraine. And this is also true of Ukrainians living in Ukraine as well as abroad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com