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Actor Jack Nicholson / NYTImes Walter Duranty "Omelets!

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vanlee
Jun 11 2004
10:39 pm

Background for my comment:

The 1932 Pulitzer Prize won by New York Times Walter Duranty, will not be returned back to the Committee, as Ukranian groups had asked. Below, a quote:
(per online Nov 2, 2003 Wash, Times article)

“The decision [not to return the 1932 Pulitzer Prize] was immediately criticized by Ukrainian groups, who had complained Walter Duranty’s reports intentionally made no mention of the 1932-1933 forced famine in Ukraine that killed as many as 7 million people.

Josef Stalin’s regime created the famine to force Ukrainian peasants into surrendering their land. "

(This forced Ukrainian famine is just one of Josef Stalin’s later documented mass murders.)

The claim from other sources who’ve researched WALTER Duranty (not to be confused with the great character actor Jimmy Durante) is that Walter possibly “got off” on Stalin’s violence.

Ever see the BATMAN movie with Jack Nicholson playing the Joker? His famous quote regarding his evil deeds “Well, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.”

I’d love for Nicholson to play the evil dictator-living Durante (who was also known for his cruelty to both men & women…)
Why Nicholson? Because he’s so good at portraying villians. Just a raise of the eyebrow. A glance from those snake like eyes…

Also Because WALTER Duranty is said to have first invented that “omelet” quote in regards to the bloodshed of the Ukraine mass famine. He is said to have marketed Communism to the US during the 1930’s when young Americans sometimes wondered if Communism might be the best way during the Depression. And Duranty (it is claimed) hid Communism’s evil, bloody side from the US public…

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dan
Jun 13 2004
11:33 am

vanlee, for my sake, can you give some background, or maybe the link to the article. i’m lost.

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vanlee
Oct 04 2004
02:53 am

Sorry. My other email locked up, so I saw your question Oct. 2004.

http://www.uccla.ca/issues/genocide/ Canadian Ukranian site about Walter Duranty
http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/stuttaford051501.shtml
http://www.brama.com/survey/messages/22470.html
http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/791vwuaz.asp?pg=1

Basically, some Ukranian groups & some other sources listed above protest Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer (won specifically for his Russia reporting in t hat era) and say the prize should be rescinded.

If you, (like me) were [b:3b5e658102]not[/b:3b5e658102] taught the historical fact that Stalin was a mass murderer (a la Hitler), welcome to the club. That’s why learning can’t stop after college, and why it’s good to look at history books, newspapers, etc. of VARIOUS times & ages.

http://www.colley.co.uk/garethjones/soviet_articles/american_response_famine_ukraine.htm [b:3b5e658102]Here is summary of a report on the Ukranian famine (stalin-induced—-not weathe induced) made to Congress in 1988.[/b:3b5e658102].included: Walter Duranty. Note- his very shining, favorable “marketing” of Soviet Rissia in the highly influential NY Times probably influenced the US gov’t’s relatively rosy view of Stalin (then). How many lives might have been saved had the NY Times done an expose on STalin -the mass murderer instead of the new utopia leader—instead???

(PS Muggeridge—mentioned in the article was a noted Christian. Came out of a wild background—-late in life to Chr, but made an impact nonetheless.)