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Mainstream Media on Syria and Russia; “Fake News”
Global Research, December 18, 2016
I try my best to be an informed about what is, and has happened,
in Syria. When I watch mainstream media’s coverage I am horrified at
their “Fake News”. For example, Lester Holt of NBC nightly news recently
referred to Bashar Assad as the “brutal dictator”. Does Lester know
that in 2014 there was a multiparty election in Syria? Does he know that
Assad won the election with 88% of the vote? Critics might say, but it
was not a fair election! Was ours?
Most of the coverage has centered around Aleppo, and the mainstream
Aleppo narrative has been, it was besieged by the brutal dictator, who
wanted to slaughter all the residents of Aleppo. The fact is, Aleppo is
divided into two parts and has been for four years. West Aleppo is
controlled by the Syrian government, and East Aleppo was captured, and
has been held by terrorists and thugs for the past four years. Residents
of East Aleppo have not been allowed to leave, and have been shot in
the streets for trying. The jihadists who control East Aleppo, these
would be the same “moderates” and “rebels” that beheaded the 9-year-old
boy, and showed the beheading to the world, have also controlled the
hospitals in east Aleppo and have used them to treat their own, and to
launch artillery barrages into west Aleppo, killing innocents every day
for the past four years.
Finally, with the help of the Russians and others, the Syrian
government liberated East Aleppo and rescued its’ resident from the
terrorists. This is a completely different narrative from what one gets
watching mainstream news, which gets its news from “anonymous” twitter
accounts, “unnamed activists”, and the “White Helmets” That fake
organization is funded by the US, France, and other western nations to
the tune of $100 million, and is nothing more than a propaganda tool for
the west. It has been completely exposed and thoroughly discredited,
except by mainstream media, which uses its propaganda as if it were
factual. The US had no actual reporters anywhere near Aleppo. There are
however, reporters from other countries who were in and out of Aleppo
daily, like Vanessa Beeley and Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett, who
fully understand what has happened and report it accordingly. If your
goal is trying to defeat the terrorist and jihadists forces in Syria,
the liberation of east Aleppo is a major victory. If, on the other hand,
you support terrorists, or have as your goal, prolonging the war to
weaken Assad, then the taking of Aleppo represents a tragedy. According
to mainstream media, the retaking of Aleppo by government forces and
defeating the terrorist is a tragedy.
One of the best journalists in the world, when it comes to the middle
east, is Patrick Cockburn. You probably never heard of him if you rely
on mainstream “fake” media, because his voice is not allowed. He is
however, recognized as one of the best sources in the world on Syria and
the Middle East, but his voice and work cannot get by the censors of
mainstream media. Cockburn’s most recent article: “There’s More Propaganda Than News Coming Out of Aleppo This Week” argues
that jihadists early on, killed or captured western journalists, and
gained the narrative using fake sources, twitter accounts and the like.
When is the last time you heard Noam Chomsky on mainstream media? He is
one of the best minds in the country, but he cannot get by the censors.
Other great foreign policy journalists such as Eric Margolis, Pepe
Escobar, the great Glenn Greenwald, and Jeremy Scahill, are not
tolerated by mainstream “fake” media.
It is interesting to see mainstream media shed crocodile tears for
the civilians of Aleppo, yet when the US besieged the city of Fallujah
in Iraq in 2004, the “fake” news folks were cheerleaders. This was a
city of 300,000, which was basically leveled by the US led forces. The
US claimed Fallujah was held by terrorists and proceeded to level the
city to save the city. No one knows, nor will ever know, how many
civilians were killed in a brutal assault on a civilian city. The point
here is, mainstream “fake” news acted as cheerleaders, and never once
worried about civilians being slaughtered, nor did they shed any tears
during the “Shock and Awe” destruction of Baghdad. Funny how they can
just turn around and shed crocodile tears for the civilians of Aleppo,
but cheer when we kill civilians.
In no way am I a champion of Bashar Assad, but I respect the right of
the Syrian people to pick their own leader. How many times have you
heard Obama and officials in the administration, along with crazies like
John McCain and Lindsey Graham, chant in unison: “Assad must go”. None
of the crazies ever tried to explain what gives the US government the
legal right to decide who should lead the Syrian people. Then again,
what is the law, when you have power. Still, it is interesting to see
how upset and angry these same folks are, when Russia is falsely accused
of trying to hack into our elections. Julian Assange and Craig Murray
claim them never got anything from Russia, and they know who leaked the
e-mails. Former ambassador Craig Murray, even claims to have met the
individual, and insists the individual is an insider. William Binney,
the man who designed the NSA’s surveillance system, has come forward and
vehemently argued if anyone hacked those e-mails, the NSA would
instantly know who hacked, when, where, and whether those e-mails were
passed on to another party. Binney, the foremost expert in the world,
is banned from mainstream “fake” media, as are Murray and Assange. They
cannot get over the wall of censors who wish always to control the
narrative.
If you really are curious about world events, you must work at it,
and find good alternative sources. You are ignorant of world events if
you only rely on mainstream “fake” media.
The original source of this article is Global Research
Copyright © Joe Clifford, Global Research, 2016
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