Pipe Bombing: China Notes Bizarre Behavior of Lapdog Media

I’ve been saying for an entire decade that you can prove things the US government is doing by looking at the way things are reported in the state-controlled media. I’m glad to see China picking up on this very effective heuristic.

RT:

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin found it unusual that major outlets in the West uncritically embraced the claim by unnamed US officials that a “pro-Ukrainian group” was responsible for the bombing of Nord Stream natural gas pipelines.

At the press briefing on Wednesday, Wang described the pipelines as “vital cross-border infrastructure projects,” whose destruction had a “serious impact on the global energy market and ecological environment.” China wants “an objective, impartial and professional investigation” into the bombing and those responsible held to account, the sooner the better, he added.

The US has already made this impossible.

There is never going to be an investigation.

Asked to comment on the so-called “Ukrainian theory,” first put forth by anonymous US officials in the New York Times last week, Wang noted the sudden change of behavior by Western media, after they spent a month ignoring the report by journalist Seymour Hersh that blamed the US and Norway.

We have noted that some Western media have been mysteriously quiet after Hersh reported that the US was behind the Nord Stream blast. But now these media are unusually simultaneous in making their voice heard. How would the US account for such abnormality? Is there anything hidden behind the scene?” Wang said.

In early February, Hersh published a report detailing how Washington had the pipelines destroyed, describing how US divers planted the explosives and a Norwegian airplane sent the detonation signal.

The Times report quoted unnamed US officials who suggested that the saboteurs were “most likely Ukrainian or Russian nationals, or some combination of the two,” citing unspecified new intelligence.

Maybe it was the Muffin Man?

The anonymous officials insisted no US or British nationals were involved, and that there was no evidence President Vladimir Zelensky or any other Ukrainian official directed the attack, either. Kiev has officially denied any responsibility for the Nord Stream blasts.

When he was shown the Times article during an interview, Hersh laughed and asked “Are they that stupid?” referring to the outlet’s anonymous sources. Nonetheless, the story was dutifully repeated by all major Western outlets.

Non-state actors couldn’t possibly have carried this out in the first place, and if somehow they did, it would be impossible for them to cover it up. Non-state actors don’t have the ability to order Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and the US government to prevent an investigation.

Non-state actors also didn’t threaten to bomb the pipes before they were bombed – that would be Joe Biden and Victoria Nuland.

This “Pro-Ukraine Group” thing is hilarious. They couldn’t name any group because there aren’t any groups. Their only option, after it was documented that the US bombed the German pipes, was to blame the Ukraine government itself. Instead, they blamed an unnamed group that doesn’t even exist.

Groups that do not exist don’t get blowback.

The New York Times has just released this image of the alleged leader of Pro-Ukrainian Group, a group that is pro-Ukrainian. (Note the Ukrainian heart flag on his coat, which shows that he is pro-Ukrainian.)

But I just keep thinking of these media zombies who just believe everything the US government says going out there and saying with a straight face, acting all smug: “Oh no, US government didn’t bomb the pipes, you silly conspiracy theorist – it was Pro-Ukraine Group that did the bombing, and they did it because Putin is committing a genocide.”

It’s easy to get mad at these morons because they’re smug. Smugness is fundamentally repulsive. However, what you will find is that smugness is always a refuge of stupid people who are also very afraid. No one ever made a good impression with smugness, no one ever made anyone think they were smart with smugness. Smugness is something people employ to protect themselves. It has nothing to do with the people they are communicating with.

I honestly feel bad for the true believers. The US government and media are insisting on making their lives ever more complicated.