Some Truth about the White Helmets

The "crematorium" at Saydnaya military prison

[Propaganda: New York Times coverage: "Amnesty Reports Accuses Syria of Executing Thousands Since War Began" (2/6/17); "What I Smuggled from a Syrian Prison" (3/15/17); "Syrian Crematory Is Hiding Mass Killings of Prisoners, U.S. Says" (5/15/17)]

Tim Hayward, "How We Were Misled About Syria: Amnesty International," Tim Hayward (blog), Jan. 23, 2017; https://timhayward.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/amnesty-internationals-war-crimes-in-syria/ [Be sure to read the comments.]

Rick Sterling, "Amnesty International Stokes Syrian War," Consortiumnews, Feb. 11, 2017;https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/11/amnesty-international-stokes-syrian-war/

Assad's "barrel bombs"

Robert Parry, "Obama's Ludicrous 'Barrel Bomb' Theme," Consortiumnews, Sept. 30, 2015;https://consortiumnews.com/2015/09/30/obamas-ludicrous-barrel-bomb-theme/

Omran Daqneesh

[Propaganda: "Story of little Syrian boy moves CNN anchor to tears," CNN, August 18, 2016;https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/08/18/syrian-boy-aleppo-omran-bolduan-breaks-down-ath.cnn]

Eva Bartlett, "Mint Press Meets the Father of Iconic Aleppo Boy, Who Says Media Lied About His Son," Mint Press News, June 9, 2017; https://www.mintpressnews.com/mintpress-meets-father-iconic-aleppo-boy-says-media-lied-son/228722/

Bana al-Abed

[Propaganda: Russell Goldman, "Bana al-Abed, Girl Whose Tweets Told of Aleppo's Horrors, Gets Book Deal," New York Times, April 14, 2017; https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/world/middleeast/bana-al-abed-syria-aleppo-twitter-book-deal.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=F7C7727EE9E6439366F888FC2D5900BB&gwt=pay

[Propaganda: Shirley Halperin, "Oscars: Who's the Little Girl Seen Onstage with Common and Andra Day?"Variety, March 4, 2018; http://variety.com/2018/music/news/oscars-little-girl-onstage-with-common-andra-day-stand-up-for-something-1202716937/]

Eva Bartlett, "Exploitation of Bana al-Abed: Parents use child to whitewash terrorists in Aleppo," RT, July 24, 2017; https://www.rt.com/op-ed/397339-bana-abed-syria-aleppo-twitter/

The White Helmets

[Propaganda: New York Times coverage of the White Helmets, and the documentary about them: "Unpaid, Unarmed Lifesavers in Syria" (Feb. 14, 2015); "After Years of War, Celebrities Find a Syrian Group to Back" (9//14/2016); "Who Are the White Helmets?" (Feb. 27, 2017); "Review: In Documentaries on Syria, Much Despair and a Dash of Hope" (3/10/2017).

[Propaganda: "The White Helmets: As Syria Death Toll Mounts, Meet the Rescue Workers Saving Thousands of Lives," "Democracy Now!" Oct. 13, 2016; https://www.democracynow.org/2016/10/13/the_white_helmets_as_syria_death]

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