Assad’s Small Media Victory at the Times of London
June 7, 2011 9:46 by Pesach BensonI don’t understand how the Times of London chose a photo of a Palestinain funeral to illustrate an update about Syrian rebels reportedly killing 120 policemen. This AP photo has nothing to do with the story.
Which is exactly what Bashar Assad’s counting on.
You won’t find any reporters or photographers in ?Jisr al-Shughur, Hama, or anywhere else where people are protesting the ruling regime.
In the absence of photos, the Times instead illustrates its coverage with the next-closest image available: a Palestinian shot by Israeli forces in a riot sponsored by Assad. Syrian press freedom is limited to Palestinian refugee camps.
So while the Syrian army’s butchering its own citizens, Israel’s image gets smeared too.
Assad’s Small Media Victory at the Times of London «ScrollPost.com
11:25 am
Jun 07, 2011
[...] any reporters or photographers in ?Jisr al-Shughur, Hama, [...]Original article can be viewed at Assad’s Small Media Victory at the Times of London on HonestReporting. Source: Europe & OECD BlogsPublished: 7 June 2011Site: [...]
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Assads kleiner Mediensieg bei der Times « Medien BackSpin
3:32 pm
Jun 08, 2011
[...] HonestReporting Media BackSpin, 8. Juni 2011 [...]
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Edgar Davidson
11:49 pm
Jun 09, 2011
No surprise really. The Times reporting on the Middle East is increasingly following the Guildelines here:
http://edgar1981.blogspot.com/2011/06/rules-and-guidelines-for-westerners.html
Edgar
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Len Kurtz
5:16 am
Jun 02, 2012
The Times of London is a Jew hater.
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