Defending the Washington consensus, @RobertMackey dismisses the well established relationship between White Helmets and Salafi-jihadists as an “unverified conspiracy theory.” He then cites Bellingcat, the pro-regime change blog backed by the National Endowment for Democracy.https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/984909760628707328 …
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Unverified conspiracy theories, eh,
@RobertMackey?https://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/white-helmets-assisting-public-executions-rebel-held-syria?amp …6 replies 105 retweets 146 likesShow this thread -
Reinforcing the official line on Douma, The Intercept's
@RobertMackey relies on the National Endowment for Democracy-funded Bellingcat blog and dismisses critical reporting on the US-funded, insurgent allied White Helmets as "unfounded conspiracy theories"https://theintercept.com/2018/04/20/russia-sows-doubts-chemical-attack-syria-aided-pro-trump-cable-channel/ …21 replies 68 retweets 117 likesShow this thread -
The latest attempt by
@RobertMackey to defend the unraveling official Western line on Douma recasts the Gulf-backed Army of Islam as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and skeptics of US/UK bombing justifications as Spanish fascists. A comically desperate spin.https://theintercept.com/2018/05/02/8-decades-syrias-civil-war-spanish-fascists-claimed-guernica-false-flag/ …21 replies 91 retweets 140 likesShow this thread -
Why is the Intercept so good on national security issues generally but so conventional, not to say bad, on Syria?
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Replying to @bernajurema @MaxBlumenthal and
If
@ggreenwald is concerned about the reputation of his outlet, or the accusations that@theintercept is in bed w/intellegencia, allowing this dismal piece to be published helps to further support the accusations. The Intercept blocks our voices from reaching its platform.2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes -
Replying to @theart4peace @bernajurema and
As I've said many times, I'm not the editor of the Intercept, but absolutely agree that we have been inexcusably one-sided on the Syria debate: not on purpose, just because our staff writers are generally on one side. We're working hard to fix that imbalance.
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Replying to @ggreenwald @theart4peace and
I’m glad to hear this Glenn. As it stands, it's probably a rare case in the media where the journalists are to the right of their publishers (you and Scahill)
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Replying to @bernajurema @theart4peace and
But that's the point: Jeremy and I aren't the publishers of the Intercept. We co-founded it with Laura Poitras, but then made the choice not to run, edit and manage it but instead focus on our own journalism. We help pick the EIC but that person then runs TI.
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Aaah I see. I follow your work since Salon, followed the creation of TI and somehow totally missed this. I just assumed you, Scahill and Poitras had some sort of role like a publisher. That actually explains a lot
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