Walter Duranty, the then Moscow Bureau Chief of the New York Times, ignored and even denied the famine despite overwhelming eyewitness testimony. In August 1933, Duranty reported, “Any report of a famine in Russia is today an exaggeration or malignant propaganda,” instead saying that there was a “food shortage” in the famine regions that have “caused heavy loss of life.”
Fascinating, tell us more. Who was Walter Duranty, and what all did he do during his career? Why was he promoting Stalinist propaganda?