A 2012 report described Abdulrahman as a useless, utterly compromised source of information who has every reason to twist reality to suit his admittedly politically-motivated agenda of overthrowing the Syrian government. However, for a propagandist, he is a goldmine. That is why despite the overt conflict of interests, the lack of credibility, the obvious disadvantage of being nearly 3,000 miles away from the alleged subject of his 'observations', or the fact that a single man is ludicrously calling himself a 'Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' in the first place, the Western media still eagerly laps up his constant torrent of disinformation