Breaking The Arab News -- Sultan Al Qassemi, Foreign Policy
Egypt made al Jazeera -- and Syria's destroying it.
While civil war rages on the Syrian battlefield between regime loyalists and myriad rebel factions, another battle is taking place in the media world. Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera, the two Gulf-based channels that dominate the Arabic news business, have moved to counter Syrian regime propaganda, but have ended up distorting the news almost as badly as their opponents. In their bid to support the Syrian rebels' cause, these media giants have lowered their journalistic standards, abandoned rudimentary fact-checks, and relied on anonymous callers and unverified videos in place of solid reporting.
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My Comment: This is why I use multiple sources and links when I am covering a story for this blog. While most news services say the same thing .... there is usually a divergence of opinion or emphasis on a specific point that all the other networks avoid .... but I try my best to point out for this blog.
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