Sunday, October 13, 2019 Middle East 12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia. The Times obtained thousands of air force recordings, which reveal for the first time that Russia repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria. Credit: Macro Media Center The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times.

Sunday, October 13, 2019 Webmaster's Pick Does the NY Times Think We're Stupid? Colin L. Powell, the former secretary of state, in arguing for an invasion of Iraq to the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 5, 2003, proved that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Credit James Estrin/The New York Times All these "proofs" prove is that the propaganda apparatus of a state that wants to turn public opinion against a another state can "prove" anything. The Times knows we know this, but like a punch drunk boxer, it keeps swinging in the hope it might still connect because it doesn't know what else to do.