Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Is The Media Totally Misreporting What's Happening In Syria?



Veteran Journalist Says The Media Is Totally Misreporting What's Happening In Syria -- Business Insider

Veteran war correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent has been in Damascus for 10 days and says he is "struck by the fact that the situation in areas of Syria I have visited is wholly different from the picture given to the world both by foreign leaders and by the foreign media."

Last week NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was on the brink of collapse, and there have been multiple reports that rebels are closing in on the capital and battling within a mile of the presidential palace.

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My Comment: The media has probably under-reported much of the conflict in Syria .... especially considering how dangerous it has become. But I am of the opinion that Syria's civil war will continue for a long time .... and with time the momentum will shift and areas of Syria that have escaped the conflict will soon be impacted by the war.

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