Thread by @aaronjmate

US state outlet Voice of America's "fact-checking website" @PolygraphInfo deems claims of an OPCW Syria cover-up "false" and a "conspiracy theory." They are obviously nervous that a group of eminent voices -- including five former OPCW officials -- just called out the cover-up.

For a supposed "fact-checking website," US state-run @PolygraphInfo gets the facts blatantly wrong. I'll correct tomorrow. But for now, note something curious: this "fact-check", unlike every other article I see on Polygraph, has no author. Who wrote it? archive.is/HXtK2

I asked @PolygraphInfo why their error-ridden "fact-check" on the OPCW scandal doesn't identify its author, unlike every other article on the site that I checked. VOA's @jimfryVOA replied: "VOA does not always identify authors for their safety and that of their families abroad."

I then asked @jimfryVOA if there are any other prior examples of @PolygraphInfo hiding the author, or if this is the first time they have done so.

He declined to answer the question: "This is all we have for you on this matter."

I then asked @jimfryVOA: "Even if you can't produce a single example [of concealing an article's author], perhaps you can at least answer my Yes/No question of whether this is the first time that your outlet has concealed an author's name? Yes or No?"

No response yet.