It’s a platitude that war kills not only people but truth. And as all platitudes, the statement is true, boring, and misleading. Because it omits the real murderers: “War” does not, actually, kill truth; people kill truth. War just tempts them to do so as few other things – such as job applications or marriage – can. The flipside of that fact is that it is perfectly possible to stick to the truth – or at least make an honest effort to do so – in war, too.
The snowflakes of information war: How the New York Times sinned by honestyUkraine’s supporters are up in arms over a factual and neutral – for a change – report on the aftermath of the failed Kursk invasion
BY Tarik Cyril Amar