{"id":234,"date":"2004-12-04T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2004-12-04T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/12\/taking_a_stand.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:52","slug":"taking_a_stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/12\/taking_a_stand.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;cid=518&#038;ncid=732&#038;e=9&#038;u=\/ap\/20041130\/ap_on_re_eu\/ukraine_media_rebellion\">this woman<\/a> in Ukraine:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The results announced by the Central Election Commission are rigged, do not believe them,&#8221; Natalya Dymitruk told UT-1 viewers when asked to relay the [declaration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych&#8217;s victory] in sign-language.  &#8230;  [She] told hearing-impaired viewers that Yushchenko was the real winner and apologized for conveying previous official statements, saying she was &#8220;sorry for being obliged to lie &#8230; 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