Clear Bias In the course of the campaign NATO launched 2 300 missiles at 990 targets and dropped 14 000 bombs including depleted uranium bombs and cluster munitions Over 2 000 civilians were killed including 88 children and thousands more were injured Over 200 000 ethnic Serbs were forced to leave their homeland in Kosovo NATO airstrikes destroyed more than 300 schools libraries and over 20 hospitals At least 40 000 homes were either completely eliminated or damaged and about 90 historic and architectural monuments were ruined 39 The above passage from the article presents a clear anti Western bias Not only does it contradict the rest of the article regarding civilian casualties that resulted from the bombings but its source is suspect First it is well know that the Russian Times is mouthpiece of the Russian government Second the news article was published in March 2014 Considering the events in Ukraine and the anti western rhetoric of the Russian government the integrity of this source is clearly compromised