Of course all are welcome to speculate. However, always to check your sources for bias. Especially if you enjoy name-calling or slandering other Freepers.
The Kyiv Independent: receives a MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
The Kyiv Independent covers Ukrainian national news, politics, business, opinion, Eastern Europe, tech, and culture. The Kyiv Independent rates High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and also used as a resource for fact-checkers.
“Most articles consist of original reporting; however, they also curate news from other sources such as CNN, Ukrainian Media, and Reuters. Many of these articles are found on the left sidebar that publishes an up-to-the-minute live news feed.”
Editorially, the Kyiv Independent holds pro-Ukrainian views in the war effort with Russia. However, when reporting on political news not related to the Russian invasion, they are critical of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
**Overall, we rate the Kyiv Independent Left-Center biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor a liberal perspective. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and being a resource for fact-checkers. (D. Van Zandt 03/04/2022)
As some have expressed an interest in my politics:
I agree most with: William F. Buckley Jr. view of neocons who said: “I think those I know, which is most of them, are bright, informed and idealistic, but that they simply overrate the reach of U.S. power and influence.”
I have appreciation individuals associated with neoconservatism: Ron Paul, Ben Shapiro, Dinesh D’Souza, William Bennett. Yet, I love Tucker Carlson!
Personal conservative positions I hold are a blend of: opposition to big government, environmentalism with strong foreign policy, strong military as well as fiscal conservatism and social conservatism. Nationalism with strict adherence to the US constitution, deregulation, lower taxes, and opposition to a growing role for the federal government in health care.
Hopefully, the posted article provides a photo-journalistic approach for the Putin’s “Special Military Operation” invasion of Ukraine.
I hold to freedom of thought & expression. So, whether you agree or not is fine with me :)
“The Kyiv Independent: receives a MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY”
So, a left-wing propaganda organization, MBFC, Media Bias/Fact Check, says the left-wing Kyiv Independent is reliable and we’re supposed to say go along with that?
Dave M. Van Zandt is the owner and primary operator, and you go with his opinion as fact? Zandt is a democrat donor.
MBFC: Media Bias Fact Check: Incompetent or Dishonest? (Hint: Dishonest Left-Wing Organization)