"Haaške optužnice protiv hrvatskih novinara imaju za cilj ušutkati oporbu Tribunalu u RH. Odgovornost je Haaga, a ne hrvatskih i stranih medija, osigurati da tajna svjedočenja ne procure u javnost. Svaki sud na Zapadu, osobito u SAD-u, takve bi optužnice odbacio.
Da sam ja poput hrvatskih novinara dobio tajna svjedočenja iz Haaga, sigurno bih to objavio u svojoj kolumni, ali mene se ne bi usudili optužiti jer znaju kakvu bi to buru stvorilo u američkim medijima."
Tim je riječima Jeffrey T. Kuhner, povjesničar i novinar Washington Posta komentirao u svojoj kolumni haaške optužnice protiv hrvatskih novinara. Te su optužnice, naglasio je, nasrtaj na temelje liberalne demokracije. Kuhner iz Washingtona poručuje Hrvatima svih političkih smjerova da "zajednički prokažu te optužnice kao neprihvatljivo kršenje temeljnih sloboda."
Čak i Hrvatski list koji je u četvrtak objavio doslovno isti intervju zna da:
Jeffrey T. Kuhner is a historian and a contributing writer for The Washington Times.
Nadam se da ta Večernjakova greška nije namjerna kako bi se ostavio dojam na neuk puk da je jedan od dva najuglednija američka lista (drugi je New York Times) protiv Carle Del Ponte.
Today's Večernji list (Vecernji list) brings headline "Washington Post vs. Carla del Ponte". Based on the article, the casual reader could make conclusion that one of America's most respectable and influential dailies – and together with it American government - has turned against ICTY and its chief prosecutor and that Croatian troubles with that institution are supposed to be over.
But the article actually describes nothing more than a statement of Jeffrey T. Kuhner, described as "historian and Washington Post journalist" in which he lambasts Del Ponte for its recent indictments of Croatian journalists who had revealed identities of secret witnesses.
Problem is, of course, in Kuhner being just one of the columnists of Washington Times, not Washington Post. And his views on Carla del Ponte are well known, at least to the readers of Croatian right-wing media who like to quote him as their favourite American commentator.
Needless to say, everyone – state television and index.hr – took this headline as gospel. The only one who bothered to check this story is Željko Peratović (Zeljko Peratovic) at his 45 lines blog.
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Yes, thanks for pointing that out, Dragan. It often happens that the Post, which is the leading Washington paper, is confused with the Times, which is an ideological publication (founded, if anyone cares, under the auspices of the famous Rev. Moon's Unification Church). The differences in credibilty are what anyone might expect.