'''Walter Duranty''' (1884-1957) was a correspondent for the ''New York Times''. During the 1930's, he was their main correspondent in the Soviet Union. He died in the United States in 1957.
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'''Walter Duranty''' (1884-1957) was a correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]''. During the 1930's, he was their main correspondent in the [[Soviet Union]]. He died in the [[United States]] in 1957.
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==Holodomor==
==Holodomor==
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Duranty is best known for his stringent denial of the genocide of the Ukrainian people, known as Holodomor. Duranty refused to report on the man-made famine that killed over twelve million people.<ref>http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0310.asp#2</ref> Duranty also claimed other journalists who reported the truth of the USSR, such as Gareth Jones, were liars<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref>. Some of Duranty's most well known lies about Holodomor are:
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Duranty is best known for his stringent denial of the genocide of the Ukrainian people, known as Holodomor. Duranty refused to report on the man-made famine that killed over twelve million people.<ref>http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0310.asp#2</ref> Duranty also claimed other journalists who reported the truth of the USSR, such as Gareth Jones, were liars<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref>. 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."