It baffles me how a hack who does not go to Syria and has no problems whitewashing crimes of al-Qaeda in Syria thinks anyone would find him credible on Syria.

#Monbiot
Said hack, #Monbiot, consistently whitewashes the documented crimes and terrorist allegiances of the White Helmets, writing off investigative journalists' findings as the work of "paid trolls" & "useful idiots" (the irony).
@VanessaBeeley has countless videos, testimonies of Syrian civilians speaking to the criminal behaviour of the White Helmets.

To #Monbiot, those Syrian civilians are by association, thus, "atrocity deniers" (the irony)
I have also taken testimonies from Syrian civilians who spoke of the White Helmets working hand in hand with Jaysh al-Islam, al-Qaeda and other fuzzy types #Monbiot whitewashes. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/429349-syrians-tell-terrorists-white-helmets/
Torture, starvation, executions: Eastern Ghouta civilians talk of life under terrorist rule — RT...

Last week I wrote about what civilians from Ghouta told me regarding unverified claims of the Syrian Army attacking them with chemicals, but they also talked about crimes committed by terrorists and...

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/429349-syrians-tell-terrorists-white-helmets/
@grigorievms laboriously documented crimes of the White Helmets via the over 100 interviews (& 500 more by survey) conducted with Syrian civilians, former White Helmets and former terrorists.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447385-white-helmets-un-panel/
These crimes include widespread organ theft. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447385-white-helmets-un-panel/
Organ theft, staged attacks: UN panel details White Helmets’ criminal activities, media yawns — RT...

Utter silence. That is the sound of Western corporate media days after a more than one-hour-long panel on the White Helmets at the United Nations on December 20.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447385-white-helmets-un-panel/
The testimonies are available at:

https://truth-about-whitehelmets.org/ 
Award-winning journalist @johnpilger addressed the criminal nature of the White Helmets in his 2018 article: https://consortiumnews.com/2018/09/19/hold-the-front-page-the-reporters-are-missing/
Hold the Front Page: The Reporters are Missing

So much of mainstream journalism has descended to the level of a cult-like formula of bias, hearsay and omission. Subjectivism is all; slogans and outrage are proof enough. What matters is "percept...

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/09/19/hold-the-front-page-the-reporters-are-missing/
...in which he noted such things as:

"White Helmets are appendages to the jihadists with whom they share addresses. ...That their exploits are not questioned by major news organizations is an indication of how deep the influence of state-backed PR now runs in the media."
In any case, this isn't #Monbiot's 1st foray into whitewashing terrorism in Syria.

Funniest was when he did it from comfort of home in UK, 1000s of miles away & fully ignorant 😉🙃 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/972264403734233095

Wait, that's all the time...
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