New York Times article on upcoming Pentagon UFO report: propaganda?

The entire "bombshell" article is based entirely on anonymous government officials the paper says it is in contact with. The Times has not seen the report. They don't know what's in it. They don't even know if it will be released to the public. Glenn Greenwald makes some great points over on his Substack blog that major outlets, including the Times, have published stories based upon these kinds of sources that have later been proven false:

"The saga began on June 26, 2020, when The New York Times announced that unnamed “American intelligence officials” have concluded that “a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops.” The paper called it “a significant and provocative escalation” by Russia. Though no evidence was ever presented to support the CIA's claims — neither in that original story nor in any reporting since — most U.S. media outlets blindly believed it and spent weeks if not longer treating it as proven, highly significant truth [...] All they had was an anonymous leak from “intelligence officials” — which The New York Times on Thursday admitted came from the CIA — but that was all they needed [...] Let's express this as clearly as it can be expressed. Any journalist who treats unverified stories from the CIA or other government agencies as true, without needing any evidence or applying any skepticism, is worthless. Actually, they are worse than worthless: they are toxic influences who deserve pure contempt. Every journalist knows that governments lie constantly and that it is a betrayal of their profession to serve as mindless mouthpieces for these security agencies: that is why they will vehemently deny they do this if you confront them with this accusation. They know it is a shameful thing to do." https://greenwald.substack.com/p/journalists-learning-they-spread

Another relevant article: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/corporate-news-outlets-again-confirm

Link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/politics/ufos-sighting-alien-spacecraft-pentagon.html

Submitted June 07, 2021 at 12:33AM by ContentRush2205 https://ift.tt/2T5R8hH