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Before a careful evaluation of the evidence about Tuesday's tragedy was possible, The New York Times and other major U.S. news outlets had pinned the blame for the scores of dead on the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. That revived demands that the U.S. and other nations establish a "no-fly zone" over Syria, which would amount to launching another "regime change" war and would put America into a likely hot war with nuclear-armed Russia.
Even as basic facts were still being assembled about Tuesday's incident, we, the public, were prepped to disbelieve the Syrian government's response that the poison gas may have come from rebel stockpiles that could have been released either accidentally or intentionally causing the civilian deaths in a town in Idlib Province.
Comment: Since this article was written, the bombing raid at Shayrat airbase took place, an action hailed by those with a mission to change the president's purview from peace to war. The responsibility of accurate and unbiased news reporting becomes crucial at these junctures. It is a travesty to stray even one step off these straight and narrow principles to report half facts and offer faulty conclusions to bolster a particular point of view or agenda. What was it really? False flag by terrorists, CIA, Israel, Turkey, other? Who benefits? That is where investigative reporting would have done great and honorable service.