Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Syria - worth noting

We didn't go to war in Syria, but this is nevertheless worth noting.

"...buried on page 8, below the fold, 18 paragraphs into a story under the not-so-eye-catching title, “New Study Refines View Of Sarin Attack in Syria.”.... the Times’ “vector analysis” – showing the reverse flight paths of two missiles intersecting at a Syrian military base – has collapsed..."
and
"....few Americans knew about these challenges to the Official Story because the mainstream U.S. news media had essentially blacked them out. When renowned investigative reporter Seymour Hersh composed a major article  citing skepticism within the U.S. intelligence community regarding the Syrian government’s guilt, he had to go to the London Review of Books to get the story published."