First some news.
This is a picture of a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine.
The European news service Euractiv reports that it's taken from the twitter account of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
The piece starts with this:
Global outrage at accusations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine mounted Sunday (3 April) with the discovery of mass graves and corpses in streets near Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy directly blamed leaders in Moscow for the “torture” and “killings” of civilians.
Here is a picture of a mass killing as reported by The Associated Press:
The AP reports:
Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused the departing forces of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a horror movie.”
As images of the bodies — of people whom residents said were killed indiscriminately — began to emerge from Bucha, a slew of European leaders condemned the atrocities and called for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
Yesterday, Wendy Bell publicly spread Russian misinformation about the above atrocities - spreading Russian doubt that the scenes may have been staged. By Ukraine.
Yep. That's what Wendy Bell did.
She had help - and I'm not talking about her lil' buddy, her sidekick Brock Schneider, either.
Go to the Sponsors page on her website to see the list of her financial helpers.
These are the businesses sponsoring Wendy Bell Radio:
- Body by AIM360 - the premier sponsor, according to the website
- Simkovich Concussion Institute
- The Disc Institute
- D'Onofrio Law Office
- West Penn Life and Health
- Ireland Contracting
- Morgainz Fitness
- The Battle Grounds
- Piccadilly Chimney Sweeps
- Nemocolin Country Club
If I am understanding the verb "sponsoring" in this context, these businesses are trading something of value (probably money) and in exchange Wendy Bell is advertising for them on her website. She (and Brock) get paid from this cash and the sponsors see a rise in customers.
But let there be no mistake: each of them is sponsoring Wendy Bell's spreading of Russian misinformation. They each have a hand in sowing doubt among her adorings about the brutal reality in Ukraine. They're each making money off of it. They're each complicit in the misinformation.
But we still live in a free society where the 1st Amendment still holds sway. The owners of each of those business are completely free to express themselves as they see fit. Each is completely free to associate their business with Wendy Bell - the disgraced former journalist who now spreads Russian misinformation about Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Just as we are free to point out to the general public their association with Wendy Bell.
Do they know she's spreading Russian misinformation about Russian war crimes in Ukraine?
I wonder.
They should.
