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27 Jul, 9 tweets, 4 min read
. @Reuters does a predictably rotten & biased article on @SDonziger conviction

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No mention that DOJ refused to prosecute Donziger for contempt as requested by Judge Kaplan

How can you “miss” that but mention Judge Kaplan’s move to appoint private prosecutors?
How do you miss the Chevron links to the lawyers Kaplan appointed?

How do you “miss” that the disclosure Kaplan demanded of Donziger was for ultimate review by Chevron?
And @Reuters is predictably deceptive in reviewing the long term legal battle that is the basis for this travesty: decades of pollution by Texaco in #Ecuador
No mention that in 1993 Donziger tried to hold Texaco accountable in the USA. Texaco (later absorbed by Chevron) spent 9 years fighting to move the case to Ecuador, where it was even more confident of getting its way
When Chenron failed to get its way in #Ecuador it came running back to US courts - into loving arms of judge Kaplan - extobacco lawyer who said Donziger lawsuit could shut down all US gas stations.
Reuters also doesn’t tell us that there was also NO JURY in the 2014 ruling that Donziger had beat Chevron in Ecuador thru corrupt means. The fanatically pro-business Kaplan ruled by himself (i.e. let Chevron avoid having a jury evaluate its allegations)
.@Reuters coverage of this case has been atrocious for years as I explained in @FAIRmediawatch

fair.org/home/manufactu…
But at least Reuters has coverage. @nytimes is such a joke that for years it has refused to have a reporter walk 30min from its offices to Donziger apartment

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