By Rosie Gray & Jessica Testa, Buzz Feed, Oct. 1, 2013

A small Minnesota news outlet caused a storm when it ran a story claiming Syria’s rebels carried out a chemical attack near Damascus in August.

A look inside the murky world of Mint Press News.

Excerpt:

The incident obsessed Syria watchers as it unfolded on Twitter last month. Today, the story, “Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack,” is still up on Mint Press, but several key questions remain. How did the story come about and who really wrote it? Who stands behind Mint Press, a small Minneapolis-based site with a progressive bent that hides its funding even from employees and has mysterious connections to the Middle East? And, more broadly, how does one separate truth from propaganda in a conflict marked by deep divisions — ethnic, religious, and ideological?