PBC News & Comment: Yellow Journalism Infects Syria Coverage and Dem Primary

Promoting hawkish NeoCon agenda, corporate media slams Trump over Syria retreat, and NY Times smears Tulsi Gabbard a dozen ways….--the Gabbard story is an ugly hit piece, read it here
--NBC News retaliates on former employee Ronan Farrow over his claims that network covered up Matt Lauer’s escapades and blocked Weinstein reporting
--bizarre deep-fake video of Trump shooting journalists and network logos is shown at Trump resort in Florida
--Nashville TV anchor shows up the network talking heads, and grills Mike Pompeo
--Syrian Kurds appear to have made a pact with Assad
--first potential war crimes are reported, and NY Times investigation shows Russian bombers targeted hospitals in Syria in May attacks
--all 28 EU nations agree to ban arms sales to Turkey
--corporate media, in lockstep, relentlessly spin the story as Trump’s blunder, and never mention that US had only 150 troops near Turkish border
--the only dissenting view is from Guardian opinion writer Simon Jenkins
--in surprise capitulation, Ecuador’s Lenin Moreno cancels IMF austerity plan
--Spanish court convicts 9 Catalan separatists for 2017 independence drive
--as Trump approaches 1,000 days in office, he has lied over 13,000 times
--his claims of a meaningful trade agreement with China are latest lies
--his 4th Homeland Security boss quit on the same day that courts dealt setbacks to Trump on immigration policies
--Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenges Facebook by running intentionally false ad about Zuck supporting Trump
--as Warren gains in the polls, she’s not getting endorsed by fellow Democratic elected officials
--Tuesday’s debate in Ohio draws calls for new topics, like homeless issues
From the impeachment file
 --is the Stable Genius ready to jettison Rudy Giuliani?
--despite White House efforts to block her, former national security staffer Fiona Hill gave closed-door testimony today
--Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, calls impeachment effort “seditious conspiracy”
--Max Blumenthal reveals how the influential Atlantic Council, which gets funding from Burisma and US-based multinational oil firms