{"id":11335,"date":"2012-07-30T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11335"},"modified":"2012-07-30T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T17:08:36","slug":"the-shameful-performance-of-western-media-redux-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11335","title":{"rendered":"The Shameful Performance of Western Media – Redux Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syria: Shameful Performance of Western Media<\/strong>
\nBy As’ad AbuKhalil – 30 July, 2012 – Angry Corner – Al Akhbar<\/p>\n

The performance of the Western media (American, British, French and others) regarding the Syrian conflict has been quite shameful. One does not expect much from American media. Ill-informed foreign editors and correspondents and political cowardice turn American media into tools of US foreign policy.<\/p>\n

This is especially true when it comes to coverage of the Middle East, where extra political courage and uncharacteristic level of knowledge and expertise are rather rare even though they are essential in challenging US foreign policy. But when it comes to Syria British media \u2013 including the liberal Guardian which has often been brave in challenging Western foreign policies and wars \u2013 have been indistinguishable from American media.<\/p>\n

These media have failed their readers on many levels. Their shortcomings can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

1. Resorting to methods of documentations that are never accepted when covering the Arab-Israeli conflict; like the reliance on accounts of people through skype and emails whose names are not obtained through a random process and the reliance on Saudi or Qatari press media offices. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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