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Lies, and the lying liars who tell them
[[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]]''. During the 1930's, he was their main correspondent in the [[Soviet Union]]. He died in the [[United States]] in 1957.
'''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 a awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for telling these lies. [http://www.nationalreview.com/stuttaford/stuttaford050703.asp]
==Stalinism==
==Stalinism==