Selective reporting plus selective quoting make for an interesting melange. @LaurenBinDC’s cognitive dissonance echoes loudly in this thread.
She fails to mention for example that @1_filsan didn’t resign till September.
She fails to mention for example that @1_filsan didn’t resign till September.
https://twitter.com/laurenbindc/status/1476576882929905665
Meanwhile the @washingtonpost’s report fails to mention that the Govt of Ethiopia convened not only the task force that Filsan ran to establish the truth early in the war, which clearly was not the reason for her resignation, but also prosecuted offenders in military courts.
This interview addresses that core issue and #Washpo / @maxbearak’s failure to even mention that this took place - it may be ongoing - is journalistic malpractice given current heightened levels concern about US media reporting.
We know for certain by contrast that TPLF denies absolutely committing crimes against civilians even though they are apparent and that @reda_getachew called for revenge.
Evidence that rape has been used as a weapon of war is very widespread - also not mentioned in this article.
Evidence that rape has been used as a weapon of war is very widespread - also not mentioned in this article.
But let’s get back to @LaurenBinDC’s interpretation. She works for the Congressional Research Service, providing taxpayer funded briefings to members of the US Congress.
As such her probity ought to be of an even higher standard than we expect from a news organization.
As such her probity ought to be of an even higher standard than we expect from a news organization.
Specifically she works for the Congress Foreign Affairs committee chaired by @RepGregoryMeeks assisted by @RepKarenBass and @Ilhan. This is her private Twitter account but one wonders whether bringing the advice she provides to the committee’s partiality into question is advised.
Selective quoting is a thing. And with this article posted in the influential “Voice of Washington” newspaper, ought to be avoided.
As previously mentioned in this thread, there has been accountability for rapes committed by Ethiopian Govt. Forces. There was an inquiry by the independent @EthioHRC, and is ongoing monitoring, and a joint investigation with @UNHumanRights also. 
Clearly @1_filsan said these things, which are true, but did she also mention to @maxbearak the inquiries and judicial processes which followed which are not mentioned in this report. Perhaps she could address this via @Twitter to clarify what @washingtonpost was told.
This quote is used in part by @LaurenBinDC and the missing bit is relevant. It shows us that @1_filsan pushed back, was over ruled but kept her job till September when she was replaced during a post election Govt. Cabinet reorganization.
Her resignation came two days after being notified she was losing her position. And she was one of many people who were replaced or reassigned during this period. The article casts this as retribution for standing up for herself. The facts suggest otherwise.
This bit of the article is also missing from @LaurenBinDC’s Twitter summary/indictment of the GoE based on @1_filsan’s interview. It recounts a small part of the horror inflicted in the Somali Region of Ethiopia under TPLF/EPRDF leadership.
Here’s a story about that time. Abiy removed the TPLF appointed regional governor in rather spectacular fashion early after assuming office. dw.com/en/ethiopian-s…
As a Congressional Research Service researcher since 2006, it is likely that @LaurenBinDC knows all of this and much more. Yet she continues to selectively use material about the complex situation in Ethiopia, seemingly siding with the TPLF.
Whilst in doing so she is blowing with the wind no doubt in relation to some of here congressional clients and counterparts in @StateDept, it is unprincipled, unprofessional and intellectually dishonest for her to continually cast this conflict publicly in such a narrow spectrum.
I hope she stops doing so.
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