Washington Post self-censorship: “Ukrainian Nazis” were removed from the headline of the news about Motorola
The Washington Post, after hundreds of indignant comments from readers from the pro-Maidan Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, changed the text and video of the news about the murder of militiaman Arseniy Pavlov, known as “Motorola”.
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First the news published under the headline “Pro-Russian media star Motorola was killed by Ukrainian Nazis,” rebels claim" (Pro-Russian media star 'Motorola' killed by 'Ukrainian Nazis', rebels claim), because of which the publication was subjected to an organized attack by pro-Maidan-minded readers.
As a result, the editors changed the text and video of the news. Now it is called “Separatist, adored by pro-Kremlin media, died in explosion in Ukraine” (Separatist defined by pro-Kremlin media killed in Ukraine bombing), but the message url remains the same.
The publication said that the video, titled “Ukrainian neo-Nazis took responsibility for the death of Motorola,” raised questions about its authenticity. There is little information about the YouTube channel that uploaded this video: at the time the news was created, it had 63 subscribers and only five uploaded videos.
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Now the editors are aware.