On April 4, 2017, the United States not only broke the news that a sarin gas attack was executed upon a civilian population in Khan Shaykhun, Syria, they immediately knew within minutes that it was the Syrian government and demanded the U.S. government take immediate military action. So, without any form of a international field investigation, President Donald Trump approved of a missile strike on Shayrat Air Base April 7, 2017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and much of his allies in the eastern hemisphere immediately demanded Trump back off for a formal investigation to take place or an escalation of the situation would be forthcoming in retaliation for the act of war by the United States. President Trump backed off and now 2 months later MIT professor emeritus, Theodore Postol, says the story promoted by the New York Times and Bellingcat were "fraudulent," ergo fake news.
In fact, I reported the violation of International Law by the United States in this blog on April 9, 2017, hinting the United States appeared to have "pre-appointed" roles for the situation, yet the so-called "intelligence" supporting the claim that the Syrian government was the culprit remains under lock-and-key. Postol states, "It seems to me that analysts were ignorant beyond plausibility or they rigged the analysis...To me, this is malpractice on a large scale."
Perhaps when the NYT finds itself banned and in the same boat as the Daily Mail by Wikipedia for lack of "reliability" in sourcing news, they might consider stronger ethics in reporting.
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