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[[Image:Duranty.jpg|right|thumb|Walter Duranty]]

[[Image:Duranty.jpg|right|thumb|Walter Duranty]]

'''Walter Duranty''' (1884-1957) was a correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]'' who violated the public trust by sending pro-Soviet stories home, pretending that all was well even as Russia starved 6 million Ukrainians to death. Bewilderingly, he was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for telling these lies.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/stuttaford/stuttaford050703.asp</ref>  In the 1990s, ''The New York Times'' admitted that Duranty's work amounted to "some of the worst reporting to appear in this newspaper."<ref name="Blair">[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-14-et-rutten14-story.html The Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal]</ref>

'''Walter Duranty''' (1884-1957) was a correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]'' who violated the public trust by sending pro-Soviet stories home, pretending that all was well even as Russia starved 6 million Ukrainians to death. Bewilderingly, he was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for telling these lies.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/05/prize-specime-andrew-stuttaford/ Prize Specime]</ref>  In the 1990s, ''The New York Times'' admitted that Duranty's work amounted to "some of the worst reporting to appear in this newspaper."<ref name="Blair">[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-14-et-rutten14-story.html The Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal]</ref>

==Stalinism==

==Stalinism==

Duranty is known for being a Stalinist sympathizer, Soviet propagandist, and blatant liar. Duranty's reports stated that the Soviets were ruling in the best interest of the people.  He referred to Stalin as "the greatest living statesman".  He claimed that his time spent in the USSR represented "a heroic chapter in the life of humanity".<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/stuttaford051501.shtml]</ref>  Stalin himself told Duranty "You have done a good job in your reporting of the USSR"<ref>Walter Duranty, ''I write as I Please''. Simon and Schuster 1935.</ref>  Even though Duranty was criticized initially, it was not until 1980 that the ''Times'' publicly acknowledged his failure.<ref>http://www.nytco.com/company-awards-pulitzer-note.html</ref>  Many other Ukrainian and human rights organizations have protested his obvious bias.  The American ex-Communist [[Jay Lovestone]] has suggested that Duranty worked for the [[OGPU]]. Journalist Joseph Alsop claimed that "Duranty was a great [[KGB]] agent and lying like a trooper." Lev Navrozov, a [[Russia]]n emigre who wrote a book titled ''"What The New York Times Knows About the World"'' said that Duranty's articles and books should be retitled as "A Drunken Sailor's Yarns About a Foreign Country" or "A Crazy Housewife's Chatter About Something She Knows Nothing About."<ref>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1983/378320.shtml ''The New York Times and the Great Famine'' by Marco Carynnyk]</ref>

Duranty is known for being a Stalinist sympathizer, Soviet propagandist, and blatant liar. Duranty's reports stated that the Soviets were ruling in the best interest of the people.  He referred to Stalin as "the greatest living statesman".  He claimed that his time spent in the USSR represented "a heroic chapter in the life of humanity".<ref name="stuttaford">[https://www.andrewstuttaford.com/archive/2001/05/15/the-paper-of-record-an-apology-that-is-long-overdue The Paper of Record]</ref>  Stalin himself told Duranty "You have done a good job in your reporting of the USSR"<ref>Walter Duranty, ''I write as I Please''. Simon and Schuster 1935.</ref>  Even though Duranty was criticized initially, it was not until 1980 that the ''Times'' publicly acknowledged his failure.<ref>[https://www.nytco.com/company/prizes-awards/new-york-times-statement-about-1932-pulitzer-prize-awarded-to-walter-duranty/ New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty]</ref>  Many other Ukrainian and human rights organizations have protested his obvious bias.  The American ex-Communist [[Jay Lovestone]] has suggested that Duranty worked for the [[OGPU]]. Journalist Joseph Alsop claimed that "Duranty was a great [[KGB]] agent and lying like a trooper." Lev Navrozov, a [[Russia]]n emigre who wrote a book titled ''"What The New York Times Knows About the World"'' said that Duranty's articles and books should be retitled as "A Drunken Sailor's Yarns About a Foreign Country" or "A Crazy Housewife's Chatter About Something She Knows Nothing About."<ref>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1983/378320.shtml ''The New York Times and the Great Famine'' by Marco Carynnyk]</ref>

==[[Holodomor]]==

==Holodomor==

Duranty is best known for his stringent denial of the genocide of the Ukrainian people, known as the [[Holodomor]].  Duranty refused to report on the man-made famine that killed up to twelve million people.<ref>http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0310.asp#2</ref>  Duranty also engaged in [[liberal projection|projection]] of his own actions by claiming that other journalists who reported the truth about the USSR, such as Malcolm Muggeridge and [[Gareth Jones]], were "liars", even though he provided no proof or evidence to back up his false claims.<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref>  Muggeridge went on to call Duranty "the greatest liar I have met in journalism."  Some of Duranty's most well known lies and falsehoods about Holodomor are:  

 

Duranty is best known for his stringent denial of the genocide of the Ukrainian people, known as the Holodomor.  Duranty refused to report on the man-made famine that killed up to twelve million people.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/stalins-man-at-the-new-york-times-11595867217 Stalin’s Man at the New York Times]</ref>  Duranty also engaged in [[liberal projection|projection]] of his own actions by claiming that other journalists who reported the truth about the USSR, such as Malcolm Muggeridge and [[Gareth Jones]], were "liars", even though he provided no proof or evidence to back up his false claims.<ref name="ucca">[https://ukrainegenocide.com/history/ U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness]</ref>  Muggeridge went on to call Duranty "the greatest liar I have met in journalism."  Some of Duranty's most well known lies and falsehoods about Holodomor are:  

*"There is no famine or actual starvation nor is there likely to be."  

*"There is no famine or actual starvation nor is there likely to be."  

**--New York Times, Nov. 15, 1931, page 1  

**--New York Times, Nov. 15, 1931, page 1  

**--New York Times, May 14, 1933, page 18  

**--New York Times, May 14, 1933, page 18  

*"There is no actual starvation or deaths from starvation but there is widespread mortality from diseases due to malnutrition."  

*"There is no actual starvation or deaths from starvation but there is widespread mortality from diseases due to malnutrition."  

**--New York Times, March 31, 1933, page 13<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/791vwuaz.asp?ZoomFont=YES</ref>

**--New York Times, March 31, 1933, page 13<ref>[https://www.hoover.org/research/death-butcher Death of the Butcher]</ref>

Duranty also admitted privately that the genocide was happening.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/stuttaford051501.shtml</ref>

Duranty also admitted privately that the genocide was happening.<ref name="stuttaford" />

Bruce S. Thornton wrote:

Bruce S. Thornton wrote:

==Pulitzer Prize==

==Pulitzer Prize==

There is currently an ongoing debate over whether or not the Pulitzer Prize which Duranty won in 1931 should be taken away.  Most people believe that journalism's highest prize should not go to someone who knowingly lied about genocide.<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref>  After the ''The New York Times'' was rocked by scandal after the revelations surrounding [[Jayson Blair]],<ref name="Blair" /> ''The New York Times'' hired a [[Columbia University]] professor of Russian history to review Duranty's work.  Professor Mark von Hagen concluded that Duranty:

There is currently an ongoing debate over whether or not the Pulitzer Prize which Duranty won in 1931 should be taken away.  Most people believe that journalism's highest prize should not go to someone who knowingly lied about genocide.<ref name="ucca" />  After the ''The New York Times'' was rocked by scandal after the revelations surrounding [[Jayson Blair]],<ref name="Blair" /> ''The New York Times'' hired a [[Columbia University]] professor of Russian history to review Duranty's work.  Professor Mark von Hagen concluded that Duranty:

{{cquote|"frequently writes in the enthusiastically propagandistic language of his sources," and that "there is a serious lack of balance in his writing."  He recommended that "For the sake of The New York Times' honor, they should take the prize away".<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm</ref>}}  His review was given to the Pulitzer board which, despite this, allowed Duranty to keep his prize.  The struggle is currently still ongoing.

{{cquote|"frequently writes in the enthusiastically propagandistic language of his sources," and that "there is a serious lack of balance in his writing."  He recommended that "For the sake of The New York Times' honor, they should take the prize away".<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm N.Y. Times urged to rescind 1932 Pulitzer]</ref>}}  His review was given to the Pulitzer board which, despite this, allowed Duranty to keep his prize.  The struggle is currently still ongoing.

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