Journalists who take on history venture into delicate territory and are often prone to historical inaccuracy, thus weakening their conclusions. Linda Kinstler, in the “12 people who ruined Ukraine,” (May 28, 2015) presented a primer on the pitfalls of not doing your homework.
Ms. Kinstler smeared many individuals. Most were deserving. Few, if any, would volunteer to clear the reputations of criminals such as Putin and Yanukovich, notorious historical tyrants such as Czarina Catherine or Stalin, or living oligarchs such as Medvedchuk and Akhmetov. However, deceased heroes revered by the great majority of the people they fought for, deserve advocates and …read more
Source: European Voice
