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Disinformation about Poland’s president-elect helps spread Putin’s propaganda | Ted Lipien op-ed in The Washington Times

Anne Applebaum, a Polish-American journalist, wrote a one-sided analysis of Polish politics, particularly in her portrayal of President-elect Karol Nawrocki as a “nationalist” representing “authoritarian populism.” She is married to Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, a political adversary of the opposition party which supported Nawrocki. I point out in my op-ed in The Washington Times that her article in The…

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How hatred of a Trump official blinded Voice of America to Putin’s spying | my op-ed in The Washington Times

Former Voice of America (VOA) Russian-Spanish freelance news reporter Pablo Rubtsov González was greeted in Moscow by Russian President Vladimir Putin after exchange for American journalists imprisoned and held as hostages in Russia. Had I stayed at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty #RFERL, I would have continued to work for the release of imprisoned reporters and warned others in no uncertain…

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