{"id":1726509,"date":"2022-11-06T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726509"},"modified":"2022-11-06T21:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T02:41:37","slug":"rebekah-koffler-the-new-york-times-plays-into-putins-hands-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebekah-koffler-the-new-york-times-plays-into-putins-hands-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Koffler: The New York Times Plays Into Putin\u2019s Hands Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frebekah-koffler-the-new-york-times-plays-into-putins-hands-yet-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last week, The New York Times noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/10\/27\/world\/russia-ukraine-war-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal to American conservatives<\/a> in his war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The news article said Putin\u2019s recent keynote address at the annual Valdai conference was \u201caimed at winning over political conservatives\u201d in the United States and Europe. As evidence, the authors cited Putin\u2019s claim that there are \u201ctwo Wests\u201d \u2014 one of \u201ctraditional, mainly Christian values\u201d with which Russians feel kinship, and \u201canother West \u2014 aggressive, cosmopolitan, neocolonial, acting as the weapon of the neoliberal elite\u201d that tries impose its \u201cpeculiar\u201d values on the rest of the world. <\/p>\n<p>But in fact, Putin touched upon many facets of American life and politics during his three-hour manifesto and lengthy Q&#038;A, which covered a lot of ground. He pandered to various US ethnic groups and their traditional roots \u2014 Latinos, Asians,\u00a0Africans, Middle Easterners, and others \u2014 and insisted that their cultures and\u00a0civilizations have value that\u2019s no lesser than Western liberal norms. He even tried to woo environmentalists by saying climate change\u00a0has been pushed off the agenda to the \u201csecond tier.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-newstand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ny-times-newstand.jpg\" alt=\"More than once The Times has served as unwitting intermediaries for Putin&#039;s chaos-sowing agenda.\" class=\"wp-image-24514271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-newstand.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-newstand.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-newstand.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>More than once The Times has served as unwitting intermediaries for Putin\u2019s chaos-sowing agenda. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock\/Molly Woodward<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear why the Times ignored all this and focused on Putin\u2019s love of traditional, Christian Americans in the story, headlined \u201cPutin Rails Against \u2018Western Elites\u2019 in Speech Aimed at U.S. Conservatives.\u201d Perhaps, editors decided, this particular angle would most excite their liberal readers. And if that\u2019s the case, the Times unwittingly played right into Putin\u2019s hands just days before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Election interference is a standard tool in Putin\u2019s Playbook that Moscow uses as a matter of strategy. Intelligence shows the Russians targeted Americans in the last three elections \u2014 in 2016, 2018, and 2020 \u2014 and almost certainly are doing it today, as we are poised to head to the polls on Nov. 8. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg\" alt=\"The New York Times said Putin\u2019s recent keynote address at the annual Valdai conference was \u201caimed at winning over political conservatives,\u201d when in fact he pandered to many groups, including environmentalists.\" class=\"wp-image-24514276\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/president-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The New York Times said Putin\u2019s recent keynote address at the annual Valdai conference was \u201caimed at winning over political conservatives,\u201d when in fact he pandered to many groups, including environmentalists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Putin\u2019s goal is not to elect a specific person or party \u2014 the Kremlin knows that it has no such power. What the Russian government wants is to build distrust of the US itself and foment disarray, discord and disorder. Russian intelligence services run cyber-enabled covert operations, with the help of social media, to stoke or amplify ideological and political polarization among Americans. <\/p>\n<p>But Putin especially likes it when certain outlets like the Times use his comments to serve their own agendas.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the New York Times has unknowingly done Putin\u2019s bidding, dividing Americans while targeting conservatives. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/donald-trump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/donald-trump.jpg\" alt=\"Putin has interfered in multiple elections, including Trump\u2019s 2016 win and his 2020 loss.\" class=\"wp-image-24514281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/donald-trump.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/donald-trump.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/donald-trump.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Putin has interfered in multiple elections, including Trump\u2019s 2016 win and his 2020 loss.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In April, it ran a hit piece titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/briefing\/republican-party-putin-wing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe G.O.P.\u2019s \u2018Putin Wing\u2019,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which alleged that an influential part of the \u201cRepublican elites\u201d feel an affinity for Putin, blaming former President Trump for it. The piece also accused Fox News, Tucker Carlson, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Koch Industries, JD Vance, and other Republicans for allegedly promoting Putin\u2019s narratives. It blamed them for asking questions about Ukraine\u2019s role in US security, criticizing the corruption of the Ukrainian government, and making a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the US could use Putin to help us defend our Southern Border.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, The New York Times is guilty of the very thing they accuse Republicans of \u2014 serving as Putin\u2019s mouthpiece. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ny-times-building.jpg\" alt=\"Nearly a decade ago, The Times even allowed Putin to pen an op-ed, effectively becoming his political mouthpiece.\" class=\"wp-image-24514327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-building.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-building.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ny-times-building.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Nearly a decade ago, The Times even allowed Putin to pen an op-ed, effectively becoming his political mouthpiece.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On September 11, 2013, the paper ran an editorial by the \u201cformer\u201d KGB spymaster himself, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/12\/opinion\/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Plea for Caution From Russia<\/a>\u201d with the byline Vladimir V. Putin. <\/p>\n<p>In it, Putin spoke \u201cdirectly to the American people and their political leaders,\u201d making a case against a missile strike on Syria that former President Obama was considering as punishment for Bashar Al Assad\u2019s use of chemical weapons against his own citizens. <\/p>\n<p>A highly skilled propagandist, Putin pushed all the right buttons to save his buddy Assad from a US missile strike. He pointed to the US and Russia having been allies in the past, fighting the Nazis together. He invoked the supreme role of the United Nations in making war and peace decisions, arguing they should only happen \u201cby consensus,\u201d and worried about more civilian casualties. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bashar-al-assad-vladimir-putin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bashar-al-assad-vladimir-putin.jpg\" alt=\"Through his Times piece, Putin helped convince then-President Barack Obama to forgo missile strikes on Syria, thus saving his pal, Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad.\" class=\"wp-image-24514319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bashar-al-assad-vladimir-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bashar-al-assad-vladimir-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bashar-al-assad-vladimir-putin.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Through his Times piece, Putin helped convince then-President Barack Obama to forgo missile strikes on Syria, thus saving his pal, Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Appealing directly to President Obama, Putin even mentioned his pet-project, the Iranian nuclear program and the possibility of the \u201cmultilateral efforts\u201d to resolve it being undermined. <\/p>\n<p>All of this was a covert influence operation run brilliantly by Putin himself, targeting Obama and his decision-making. And it worked.\u00a0Obama backed out of enforcing his own \u201cred line,\u201d thanks to the New York Times, which served as the Kremlin\u2019s megaphone \u2014 and a clever tool in Putin\u2019s playbook.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rebekah Koffler is the president of Doctrine &#038; Strategy Consulting, a former DIA intelligence officer, and the author of\u202f \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Putins-Playbook-Russias-Secret-America\/dp\/1684510031\/?tag=nypost-20&#038;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2022%2F09%2F24%2Fhow-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart%2F&#038;asc_source=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Putin\u2019s Playbook: Russia\u2019s Secret Plan to\u202fDefeat America<\/a>.\u201d Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rebekah0132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Rebekah0132<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, The New York Times noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to appeal to American conservatives in his war against Ukraine. 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