The ongoing media propaganda war against Syria

Road To Somewhere Else

By Daniel Margrain

Thirteen months ago, I highlighted how the mass media began softening the public up for yet another illegal military intervention in another sovereign state – this time in Syria. Rupert Murdoch, who has a direct financial interest in regime change in Syria (see below) oversaw some of the more overt forms of anti-Syrian propaganda as the graphic shows:

But, as Medialens pointed out, a false media narrative against the government of President Bashar al-Assad began to emerge the moment the initial outbreak of violence began in the Syrian-Jordan border town of Daraa on March 17, 2011. This narrative is predicated on the notion that the conflict in Syria is part and parcel of the Arab Spring that gripped much of the region. As the Medialens article makes clear, it’s a narrative that does not stand up to a moments scrutiny. Also lacking credibility is the claim that Western bombing…

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