Duranty
Americannoun
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Walter Duranty, whom Stalin favored with direct access, insisted there was no famine in the U.S.S.R.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
“Condition are bad, but there is no famine,” Duranty wrote in one 1933 dispatch.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023
“I have made exhaustive inquiries about this alleged famine,” Duranty wrote in the Times on March 31, 1933.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2022
What observations do you have about Duranty, who sells his soul, vs.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2020
Deboutin always came to the café alone, as did Manet, Degas, Duranty.
From Modern Painting by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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