Most Syrians back President Assad – but you’d never know from western media | Jonathan Steele
Assad’s popularity, Arab League observers, US military involvement: all distorted in the west’s propaganda warSuppose a respectable opinion poll found that most Syrians are in favour of Bashar al-Assad remaining as president, would that not be major news? Especially as the finding would go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis, and the media considers the unexpected more newsworthy than the obvious.
published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:40:00 GMT
Most Syrians back President Assad – but you’d never know from western media | Jonathan Steele
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Most Syrians back President Assad – but you’d never know from western media | Jonathan Steele
Assad’s popularity, Arab League observers, US military involvement: all distorted in the west’s propaganda warSuppose a respectable opinion poll found that most Syrians are in favour of Bashar al-Assad remaining as president, would that not be major news? Especially as the finding would go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis, and the media considers the unexpected more newsworthy than the obvious.