Thread by @PiersRobinson1

BBC journalist @Tom_H_Wright once again exploits @bbc platform to smear a brave @opcw whistle blower and @ClarkeMicah. But he cannot address multiple flaws in the BBC Mayday series:- @wallacemick @ClareDalyMEP

https://twitter.com/Tom_H_Wright/status/1437099536531574788

1) Wright attempts to downplay the recent ruling that Mayday breached BBC editorial standards by insinuating, without evidence, that an OPCW whistleblower was motivated by financial gain. @ClarkeMicah @bbclysedoucet @NikGowing:-

https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/1434793672164495363?s=20

2) The producers of Mayday are also unable to evidence their claim that the final OPCW report on Douma took seriously the idea that the alleged chemical attack in Douma did not occur:- 'they discussed it as a scenario and tested their evidence against the possibility'

3) This claim is misleading because it was actually the original unpublished interim report and the toxicology report from NATO CW experts that specified alternative hypotheses, whereas the final OPCW report did not:- wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…

4) Both of these reports were suppressed: the original interim report was secretly redacted by someone in the OPCW without the knowledge of Douma team members. This act of subterfuge was the first event that signalled corruption within the OPCW:- hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/11/new-se…

5) The clear conclusion reached by NATO toxicologists that the Douma victims were *not* killed by chlorine gas at location 2 was obfuscated in the final report

6) The clear and documented confirmation of these acts of censorship was ignored in the BBC Mayday series. @MichaKobs @CL4Syr @martinbright

7) The Mayday series also misleads its audience by relaying the @OPCW's official line that the dissenting OPCW douma team members were allowed a hearing:- 'The OPCW says it's already given them the opportunity to do that'. @chloehadj

8) In truth, since the very beginning the central issue has been the refusal of OPCW management to allow the serious concerns of Douma team members to be heard.

9) Indeed, the stonewalling continues to this day through refusal of the @opcw and the governments of the US, UK and France to address multiple procedural and scientific flaws in the Douma investigation @UKUN_NewYork @INakamitsu @BWoodward_UN:- berlingroup21.org

10) Whilst courageous people raising questions have been subjected to what are now clearly understood as deliberate smear and disinformation campaigns; @Tim_Hayward_ @McCormack_Tara:- thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/dra…

11) Some of the latest issues are listed in this thread:-

https://twitter.com/PiersRobinson1/status/1400724652201283584?s=20

12) Refusal to listen to its own scientists and the character assassination campaigns bring the @opcw and the @un into disrepute and prevent the truth from being established about Douma. The @bbc and its journalists @Tom_H_Wright and @chloehadj are complicit in the smear campaign

f.y.i. @johnpilger @LissaKJohnson @TulsiGabbard @ClarkeMicah @SusanSarandon @rogerwaters @ggreenwald @johnbradysf @HeikeHaensel @SevimDagdelen @wallacemick @ClareDalyMEP @snarwani

13) Further questions re Mayday can be found here, from @aaronjmate. As you might guess, he has yet to receive any answers. @ClarkeMicah

https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1333437948319191043?s=20