UK Column News - Wednesday, 16th November 2022 00:28 - World War III narrowly averted again

 

 

UK Column News - Wednesday, 16th November 2022 00:28 - World War III narrowly averted again

00:28 Polish border village of Przewodów—two dead, broad crater and missile fragments: mainstream media decided on the spot it was the Russians

Brian Gerrish tours the Fleet Street headlines—extensive use of hearsay:
Times: Russians blamed for fatal strike on Poland

02:50 Independent: Putin’s war spills into Poland
Telegraph: Russian missile strikes Poland (no quotation marks)

04:08 Metro: 'Russian missiles' hit Poland
Guardian: Russian barrage strikes Ukraine amid claims missiles hit Poland
Express: Russian missiles kill 2 in Poland
Daily Star: dross

06:26 Twitter user writes that UK Column News can be relied upon to be more accurate
Images of missile fragments from Przewodów: S–300 fragments appear to be from Ukrainian stock
Only Poland and Ukraine have territory within S–300 firing range of the crash site 
Polish journalist Mariusz Gierszewski of Radio ZET, which broke the story in the first place, was already tweeting mid-evening that his security sources were telling him the S–300 missile from the Ukrainian Armed Forces

10:35 Mash (Telegram channel in Russian): S-300 is from Ukraine 
Ukrainian response: Foreign Minister Kuleba—"Conspiracy theory!"

11:15 Rishi Sunak statement: angry at Russia

12:55 Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg: NATO is monitoring facts
Sunak and Justin Trudeau call Zelensky from G20: using non-secure mobile phone

13:56 G7 statement speaks of "Russian aggression"
Ukraine does not possess the longest-range adaptation (120 km) of the S–300, a surface-to-surface variant, though Belarus does

16:33 While social media were carrying news quickly that the Russians were no longer suspected of responsibility for the missile strike, mainstream media dragged their heels—on purpose?

18:02 BBC and Zelensky eager for world war