goldenequity
10-18-2016, 07:16 AM
hahaha... don't get your 'hopes' up... it's an 'opinion piece'... like a 'smile' from the devil. :cool:
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Boston Globe: The media are misleading the public on Syria (http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html?event=event25)
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By Stephen Kinzer February 18, 2016
Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered
as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press.
Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why.
For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo.
Their rule began with a wave of repression.
They posted notices warning residents:
“Don’t send your children to school. If you do, we will get the backpack and you will get the coffin.”
Then they destroyed factories, hoping that unemployed workers would have no recourse other than to become fighters.
They trucked looted machinery to Turkey and sold it.
This month, people in Aleppo have finally seen glimmers of hope.
The Syrian army and its allies have been pushing militants out of the city.
Last week they reclaimed the main power plant.
Regular electricity may soon be restored. The militants’ hold on the city could be ending."
...
"...As a result, much of the American press is reporting the opposite of what is actually happening.
Many news reports suggest that Aleppo has been a “liberated zone” for three years
but is now being pulled back into misery.
Americans are being told that the virtuous course in Syria
is to fight the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian partners.
We are supposed to hope that a righteous coalition
of Americans, Turks, Saudis, Kurds, and the “moderate opposition” will win."
MORE (http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html?event=event25)
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Boston Globe: The media are misleading the public on Syria (http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html?event=event25)
http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_960w/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_7Z62S.jpg
By Stephen Kinzer February 18, 2016
Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered
as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press.
Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why.
For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo.
Their rule began with a wave of repression.
They posted notices warning residents:
“Don’t send your children to school. If you do, we will get the backpack and you will get the coffin.”
Then they destroyed factories, hoping that unemployed workers would have no recourse other than to become fighters.
They trucked looted machinery to Turkey and sold it.
This month, people in Aleppo have finally seen glimmers of hope.
The Syrian army and its allies have been pushing militants out of the city.
Last week they reclaimed the main power plant.
Regular electricity may soon be restored. The militants’ hold on the city could be ending."
...
"...As a result, much of the American press is reporting the opposite of what is actually happening.
Many news reports suggest that Aleppo has been a “liberated zone” for three years
but is now being pulled back into misery.
Americans are being told that the virtuous course in Syria
is to fight the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian partners.
We are supposed to hope that a righteous coalition
of Americans, Turks, Saudis, Kurds, and the “moderate opposition” will win."
MORE (http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html?event=event25)