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Ukraine news lost in the fog of war

&NewLine;<p>I cannot think of a time since 9&sol;11 that American newscasts have been so myopically focused on one story&period;&nbsp&semi; Granted&comma; the Hamas attack on Israel is a BIG story with ramifications in all directions&period;&nbsp&semi; But the virtual 24&sol;7 coverage is blocking out most other news – even big news&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The worst part is that there is little change in the facts from minute to minute&period;&nbsp&semi; The talking heads of telly-world are merely repeating … repeating … repeating&period;&nbsp&semi; Occasionally&comma; there is something new to report – but not often&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There is also the same politicization by the newsies&period;&nbsp&semi; Even as they say that the war in Israel should not be politicized&comma; they &lpar;mostly the leftwing folks&rpar; grossly politicize it along the lines of their partisan narratives&period;&nbsp&semi; The only apparent reason they cover the House Speaker election at all is to demonize Republicans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We see the same stories … the same images … the same words … from different people&period;&nbsp&semi; Normally schedule programs on cable news are pre-empted for more … nothing new news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Nothing about the crime problem in our major cities&period;&nbsp&semi; It has not abated – just not reported&period;&nbsp&semi; Nothing about the thousands of people – including a few criminals&comma; drug dealers and terrorists – that are crossing the America’s southern border&period;&nbsp&semi; Nothing about inflation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Most notably … there is nothing being reported about the war in Ukraine&period;&nbsp&semi; Is that still going on&quest;&nbsp&semi; And that brings up another subject&period;&nbsp&semi; If I were President Zelenskyy&comma; I would be very upset and worried&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Not only is nothing being reported of the Russian invasions of Ukraine but compare the past coverage of that war with what we see today&period;&nbsp&semi; Contrast the official American response to the attack on Israel and the response to the attack on Ukraine – two American allies attacked by brutal and merciless – and evil &&num;8212&semi; forces&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>President Biden did not call for all out victory over Putin&period;&nbsp&semi; He did not – in the strongest terms – call Putin evil&period;&nbsp&semi; The media was not flooded with heartbreaking stories of dead Ukrainian men&comma; women and children&period;&nbsp&semi; There were no serial interviews with fearful and tearful survivors of Russian war crimes&period;&nbsp&semi; There were no strong statements that America had the back of Ukraine – and an immediate flow of money and every type of military equipment and weapons in support of the Ukraine defense&period;&nbsp&semi; There were no 24&sol;7 videos of the atrocities committed by the barbaric Russian military&period;&nbsp&semi; There was no sending American war ships into the Black Sea&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What Ukraine got from the Biden Administration was a weak commitment carried out with at too little&sol;too late support policy&period;&nbsp&semi; Biden did not even deliver all the sanctions he promised at the onset of the war&period;&nbsp&semi; Biden is clearly standing behind Israel – and waaaay behind Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I wonder who is winning the War in Ukraine&quest;&nbsp&semi; From the White House and the media&comma; it is … crickets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So&comma; there &OpenCurlyQuote;tis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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