Walter Duranty Quotes

A collection of quotes by Walter Duranty.

Walter Duranty was a British journalist and writer who served as the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times in the 1920s and 1930s. He is known for his controversial reporting on the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin's regime. Duranty won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for his coverage of the Soviet Union, but later faced criticism for downplaying the severity of the Ukrainian famine and denying the existence of Stalin's purges. Despite the controversy surrounding his work, Duranty's reporting had a significant impact on shaping the Western perception of the Soviet Union during that period.