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Newsweek reporter quits, claiming outlet 'suppressed' story on global chemical weapons watchdog
fox news ^ | 12/8/2019 | Sam Dorman

Posted on 12/08/2019 6:39:28 PM PST by Mount Athos

Journalist Tareq Haddad said on Saturday that he had resigned from his position at Newsweek because the outlet "suppressed" details -- potentially "inconvenient" to the U.S. government -- surrounding a chemical weapons watchdog's report on the 2018 attack in Syria.

"Yesterday I resigned from Newsweek after my attempts to publish newsworthy revelations about the leaked OPCW letter were refused for no valid reason," Haddad tweeted, referring to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Haddad's tweet came as the OPCW defended itself amid concerns about its reporting on the April 7, 2018, chemical weapons attack in Syria -- something that prompted retaliation from the United States and other major powers.

Wikileaks had published an internal email raising concerns about the organization's findings.

It's unclear what Haddad uncovered but he planned on publishing the information, along with evidence of how Newsweek suppressed the story.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; mediawingofthednc; newsweak; newsweek; obama; obamaadministration; obamanation; obamatheliar; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; putinsbuttboys; samdorman; smearmachine; tareqhaddad

1 posted on 12/08/2019 6:39:28 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Chem agent was from our CIA..?


2 posted on 12/08/2019 6:42:29 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Mount Athos
"It is unclear what Haddad uncovered..."

Did it occur to the author to ask Haddad before writing this post?

3 posted on 12/08/2019 7:02:53 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Deaf Smith

From the article,
“Fox News did not immediately receive a response from an email address found on what appeared to be Haddad’s personal website. “


4 posted on 12/08/2019 7:05:34 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

The guy just needs to publish whatever he has on a web site—this is 2019.

No drama needed.


5 posted on 12/08/2019 7:08:42 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Mount Athos
A phone call or seeing the person would get a better response.

Many reporters are just lazy.

6 posted on 12/08/2019 7:10:32 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: cgbg

+1

His failure to just release his findings makes me suspicious of its veracity now.


7 posted on 12/08/2019 7:27:49 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Mount Athos

Tareq Haddad.

Good.

Now GTF out of our country.


8 posted on 12/08/2019 8:11:06 PM PST by A strike ( Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: TigersEye

Yeah, since when does Newsweak give a crap about what a Republican administration thinks. I’m betting the editor punted the story because it was the quality of your average Infowars “article” and we’ll see that when he throws it up on a personal website after a less than stellar public response. This guy sounds like the lead singer of a lame band at a frat party trying to drum up an encore, “If you don’t make some noise we’ll go home,” and the audience is saying, “Good, later, see ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya...”


9 posted on 12/08/2019 8:55:17 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

LOL


10 posted on 12/08/2019 9:22:24 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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