media lies

Jan 8, 2016, UK Column In today’s UK Column News we spoke to Vanessa Beeley about the events taking place in Madaya, Syria, where, it is alleged, thousands of people are being starved because they are under siege by forces loyal to President Assad. But what is the truth?

Jan 9, 2016, Iraq English Arab news outlets warn against mainstream media and public relying on social media sources for news and the lack of accountability and fact checking institutions

16 Jan, 2016, Eva Bartlett, Global Research On December 28, 2015, the United Nation’s OCHA made its first express Twitter mention of two northern Syrian villages, al-Foua and Kafarya (also transliterated as Kafraya). The belated December mention is in spite of the fact that the two villages of around 30,000 …

Oct 20, 2015, Consortium News The “you’re a weakling” baiting of President Obama to get him to attack the Syrian government is unrelenting, stretching from the neocon Right to some elements of the liberal Left. And, there are doubts he is strong enough to rebuff the warmongers and pursue a path toward a …

Oct 10, 2015, Dissident Voice [and In Gaza] [in Polish] -by Eva Bartlett Over the past five years, the increasingly ridiculous propaganda against President al-Assad and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has ranged from the scripted (OTPOR fomented -“revolution“) “peaceful protesters under fire” rhetoric, to other deceitful lexicon like “civil …

Jul 27, 2015, What’s Left Below are excerpts from a July 26, 2015 speech Syrian president Bashar al-Assad delivered in Damascus. On the West’s double standards on terrorism [Western powers] call it terrorism when it hits them, and call it revolution, freedom, democracy, and human rights when it hits us. …

Jul 20, 2015, New Eastern Outlook It was reported just days ago that US policymakers have signed and dated plans drawn up for the US invasion and occupation of Syria. The plan as described by the Fortune 500-funded Brookings Institution – a corporate think-tank that has previously drawn up plans for …

Jul 11, 2015, Moon of Alabama The Fred Hiatt funny pages, aka the Washington Post Opinon page, has a leader of Ahrar al-Shams writing against the official definition of “moderate rebels” in Syria. Ahrar al-Shams is a violent Salafi terrorist group in Syria which was co-founded by an old time …

Jul 12, 2015, Global Research -Professor Tim Anderson Washington’s plan for a New Middle East has hit a rock called Syria. After the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the destruction of Libya, Syria was to be the next domino overthrown by a ‘colour revolution’, led by Islamists and backed …

Jun 4, 2015, Dissident Voice -Rick Sterling Introduction Frontline is an influential television program which examines important foreign and domestic issues. The shows tend to be technically well done – combining concise writing with compelling video. Many North Americans watch and have their beliefs shaped by Frontline documentaries. Last week …