Fisking Robert Fisk's latest shoddy Syria report

Robert Fisk is published by the Independent - notably in their "Voices" section rather than in their foreign reporting - and hasn't said anything interesting or useful for ages. A lot of what he says isn't actually true. Here I go though his latest article..

Thread by @bobfrombrockley: "A short thread in which I read Robert Fisk's latest appalling Syria report so you don't have to independent.co.uk/voices/white-h… 1/ Fisk ha […]"

Previously: here's an earlier thread, from three months ago, on Fisk's "reporting" from Douma.

Update:

Other reports:

• CBS: Inside Douma
• TV4 Nyheterna: "My throat hurts" - Swedish news team in building of suspected gas attack in Syria 
• Liz Sly and Asma Ajroudi (Washington Post): Russia accused of tampering with the site of alleged Douma chemical attack (on reporting of locations) 
• Martin Chulov and Kareem Shaheen (Guardian): Syrian Medics ‘subjected to extreme intimidation’ after Douma attack (on intimidation of witnesses)

Robert Fisk and Douma:

• Louis Proyect: Fisking Douma
• Atlantic Council: Robert Fisk and disinformation (from Breaking Ghouta)
• Bethania Palma (Snopes): Critics slam viral stories claiming Douma chemical attack victims died from ‘dust’
• Times: Critics leap on reporter Robert Fisk’s failure to find signs of gas attack

Useful additional sources on Douma locations and craters:

• Forensic Architecture: Chemical Attacks in Douma (Douma crater)
• OPCW: Fact-Finding Mission report on Douma (L2 Douma crater)
• Atlantic Council: Breaking Ghouta report (on chemical attacks including Douma)
• Linux Beach: Lies, damned lies and engineering sub-team reports (L2 Douma crater)
• Bellingcat: The OPCW Douma Leaks Part 2: We Need To Talk About ian Henderson (L2 Douma crater)
• Forensic Architecture: Douma and the OPCW leaks (Douma crater)
• Al-Bab: The Douma chemical weapons investigation and the role of Ian Henderson
• EU vs Disinfo: Does the leaked OPCW report prove the Douma chemical attack was staged?
• Chris Doyle: Useful idiots’ damaging search for truth in Syria (OPCW dupes)