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"On what actual evidence about the massacre in Houla is your cartoon based?"
He replied saying he had none. He based his cartoon on a "hunch." Doing so coined a new phrase: hunch journalism. Might as well call it bad fiction.
It's known that Houla shelling didn't cause mass deaths. House-to-house close range killing was responsible. Assad's forces had nothing to do with it. Media scoundrel journalists and cartoonists didn't explain.
"The BBC also had no doubts about culpability. Diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said:""The UN now says most victims, including many children, were murdered inside their homes by President Assad's militias."
In fact, the UN blamed Assad for small numbers of deaths from artillery shells. Death squad assassins bore most responsibility.
Robbins reports on BBC's highest profile news program. Media Lens exposed his lie. "This is typical of the propaganda that issues forth from the BBC." Misinformation and lies substitute for honest reporting and analysis.
Western media rarely offer dissenting views. Media Lens quoted Conflicts Forum Alastair Crooke. Commented on Houla responsibility, he said:
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