We’ve detailed how WorldNetDaily’s Aaron Klein cozied up to the repressive regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, effectively serving as his public-relations agent to deflect allegations of brutality by the regime. Apparently, Klein is still on Assad’s payroll.
Klein defends Assad’s regime yet again in a Dec. 1 WND article, claiming that “The United States and Saudi Arabia are holding discussions about the possibility of targeting the regime of Syrian President Basher al-Assad,’ a scheme supposedly “intercepted by Russia.”
To whom does Klein attribute this claim? “A top source in Assad’s regime.” Klein thus continues his love of anonymous, untraceable sources that can’t be verified. Indeed, all the direct sources of information in Klein’s article are anonymous.
Klein also claims that “the Obama administration has outlined a plan to train up to 5,000 Mideast rebels to fight ISIS.” But he wants us to forget that he falsely claimed the U.S. had trained members of ISIS.
If Klein is only capable of reporting anonymous claims, what good is he as a reporter? Such murky, shoddy journalism is still good enough for WND, apparently.