Nyuzipepala ya New York Times inanena dzulo kuti pulofesa wina wa mbiri yakale pa yunivesite ya Columbia yemwe analembedwa ntchito ndi nyuzipepalayo kuti adzifufuze yekha pa nkhani ya wolemba nkhani wina ku Soviet Union m'zaka za m'ma 1930 ananena kuti Mphotho ya Pulitzer yomwe mtolankhaniyo analandira iyenera kuchotsedwa chifukwa "Kupanda malire" pofotokoza za boma la Stalin.
Nyuzipepala ya Times inapempha pulofesa, Mark von Hagen, kuti afufuze zimene mtolankhaniyo, Walter Duranty, ananena makamaka za โkulephera kwake kupereka lipoti la njala imene inapha anthu mamiliyoni ambiri a ku Ukraine mu 1932 ndi 1933.โ
Malinga ndi nyuzipepala ya Times, Pulofesa von Hagen anafotokoza nkhani zimene Bambo Duranty anapambana Pulitzerโzolemba zake mu 1931, kutatsala chaka chimodzi kuti njalayo iyambeโkuti โkubwerezabwereza kochititsa chidwi ndiponso kosatsutsika kwa magwero a Soviet Union.โ
Eya, ngati mulingowo ndi "wopanda tanthauzo komanso wosagwirizana ndi mawu" omwe ali ndi boma, ndiye kuti Times iyenera kungotseka.
Tiyeni titenge chitsanzo chimodzi: kuukira kwa asitikali aku Israeli mu 1967 pa USS Liberty komwe kudapha anthu 34 aku America. Boma la Israeli ndi boma la United States akupitiriza kunena kuti kuphulika kwa mabomba kwa Israeli ku US kunali "kulakwitsa kwakukulu."
Panali msonkhano wa atolankhani ku Capitol Hill dzulo pomwe akuluakulu akuluakulu a boma la United States adatulutsa lipoti lomwe linapeza kuti Israeli "adachita zakupha kwa asilikali a ku America ndi nkhondo yolimbana ndi United States" pamene adaukira mwadala USS Liberty.
Chifukwa chiyani Israeli angafune kumiza dala sitima ya US? Chifukwa chimodzi choperekedwa ndi Commission: Imitseni sitimayo, ndikudzudzula Egypt - ndi chiyembekezo chokokera United States kunkhondo ya 1967.
Kuphatikiza apo, loya wamkulu ku Khothi Lofufuza Lankhondo Loyambirira la 1967 adati mu lumbiro la Purezidenti Johnson yemwe panthawiyo anali Mlembi wa Chitetezo Robert McNamara adalamula Khoti Lofufuza kuti libise zachiwembuchi powonetsa ngati zolakwika.
Admiral Thomas Moorer, yemwe anali Wapampando wakale wa Joint Chiefs of Staff, adatsogolera bungwe loyima palokha lomwe lidatulutsa lipotilo dzulo.
"Amuna a USS Liberty amaimira US Adawukiridwa kwa maola opitilira awiri ndi magulu ankhondo a Israel Air Force ndi Navy ndi 70 peresenti yaku America ovulala komanso kutayika kwa sitima yathu yabwino kwambiri yanzeru," adatero Moorer. โAmalinyero ndi apanyanja amenewa anali oyenera chitetezo chathu champhamvu. Sitidawatetezere. Zomwe bungweli lapeza ndi zosatsutsika. Kuukira kwina kulikonse kwa sitima yapamadzi m'mbiri yathu kwafufuzidwa ndi Congress yathu kupatula iyi. "
"Ngakhalenso Congress sinafufuzepo za kukumbukiridwa kwa ndege ya White House ya US Navy yomwe idatumizidwa kuti ipulumutse Liberty pomwe sitimayo idakali kuukiridwa."
Moorer adatcha kuletsa kwa Johnson White House kuyesa kuyesa kupulumutsa Ufulu "chinthu chochititsa manyazi kwambiri chomwe ndachiwonapo pantchito yanga yonse yankhondo."
Nyuzipepala zazikulu, kuphatikizapo New York Times, sizinatchule Moorer kapena lipoti lake. Chitsanzo cha lipoti la Times pa nkhaniyi ndi zomwe zidalowa posachedwa kwambiri pa Julayi 10, 2003, pomwe idatulutsa nkhani ya AP yofotokoza kuti "zolemba zatsopano zomwe zidasinthidwa zimatsimikizira zonena za Israeli kuti kuwukira kwawo pa sitima yapamadzi yaku America pankhondo ya Middle East ya 1967 inali. ngozi.โ Kutumiza kwa AP kumagwira mawu a Woweruza waku Florida, A. Jay Cristol.
Zinali ntchito ya a Cristol yomwe inatsogolera woimira asilikali a Navy pa kafukufuku wovomerezeka kuti adziwike poyera patatha pafupifupi zaka makumi anayi ali chete.
M'malumbiro ake, Captain Ward Boston, Phungu ku kafukufuku woyambirira wa 1967 US Navy Court of Inquiry pa kuukira kwa Israeli pa USS Liberty, akuti kuukiraku kudachitika mwadala koma Khotilo lidalamulidwa kuti lizibisa ndi Johnson White House.
"Kwa zaka zoposa 30 ndakhala chete pamutu wa USS Liberty. Ndine msilikali ndipo malamulo akabwera kuchokera kwa Secretary of Defense ndi Purezidenti wa United States, ndimawatsatira," adatero Boston.
Boston adati buku la Cristol lidamukakamiza kutuluka mchipindacho. Buku lakuti The Liberty Incident, โlimapotoza mfundo ndi kupotoza maganizo a ife amene tinafufuza za chiwembucho. รขโฌยฆ Mosiyana ndi zimene Cristol ndi anthu ena ananena, nโkofunika kwambiri kuti anthu a ku America adziwe kuti nโzoonekeratu kuti dziko la Israel ndi limene likuukira dala sitima ya ku America komanso kupha anthu oyenda panyanja a ku America.โ
Pankhani ya USS Liberty, tinganene kuti lipoti la New York Times lakhala "kubwerezabwereza kopanda tanthauzo komanso kosafunikira" kwa magwero aboma.
Sadzapambana Pulitzer pa iyi - kotero iwo sadzayenera kubwezera.
Russell Mokhiber ndi mkonzi wa Washington, DC-based Corporate Crime Reporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. Robert Weissman ndi mkonzi wa Washington, DC-based Multinational Monitor, http://www.multinationalmonitor.org. Iwo ndi olemba anzawo a Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits ndi Attack on Democracy (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press; http://www.corporatepredators.org).
(c) Russell Mokhiber ndi Robert Weissman
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