Walter Duranty was a controversial British-American journalist who served as the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times for fourteen years. He is most remembered for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for a series of reports on the Soviet Union that are now heavily criticized. His reporting is infamous for its denial and downplaying of the widespread Soviet famine of 1932–33, particularly the Holodomor in Ukraine. Despite numerous calls for the Pulitzer to be revoked, the board has declined, leaving Duranty's legacy as a complex and debated figure in the history of journalism.
May 25, 1884 -
Oct 03, 1957
British-American
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