It begs the question of the credibility of the Western news sources and their intentions. One example is The New York Times, which is facing questions about a sweeping investigative story it published on the Israel-Hamas war back in December. While the New York Times fired staff photojournalist Hosam Salam for being pro-Palestinian, three Jewish reporters were allowed to team up and write an article about Hamas. The last Chinese weather balloon article was published one week before the Pentagon stated that it held no spying equipment. As shown in many of the opinions from PostBag's contributors, these Western news sources are taken to be the Gospel truth.