Three Reasons Why You Can't Trust The Western Media On Syria -- Rodger Shanahan, ABC News (Australia)
Many of us feel a stake in the Syrian civil war, and are appalled by the daily violence reported through our domestic news channels. But is our media really explaining the conflict to us, or are we as ill-informed and misguided as before the war started? Rodger Shanahan from the Lowy Institute investigates.
There have been many notable failings in the Western media's coverage of Syria over the last few years. While Joan Juliet Buck's hagiography of Asma al-Assad for US Vogue ('A Rose in the Desert') probably tops the list, how good is the rest of our news?
We hear reports on the conflict happening in Syria almost everyday. While we might think we are engaged with what’s happening, are we really able to take informed action on the basis of what's reported?
The answer is realistically 'No'.
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My Comment: One of the reasons why I started this blog was because I did not trust what I was reading .... hence I started this blog that aggregates the news from different sources on specific stories. And while the world's news agencies do have a certain uniformity in their coverage .... there are some differences (or greater coverage) on some issues.
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