Friday, June 03, 2011

Lies of the Syrian regime

Now there is no question, that AlJazeera has now become nothing less than a full propaganda voice for NATO and the Arab counter-revolution.  Its reports are more sermons and preachments and calls for mobilization than standard journalism which the network was known for.  Having said that, Syrian regime TV is even worse.  The Syrian regime has become more imaginative in weaving lies and fabrications and theatrics.  It is like reading a fiction story.  They shoot at demonstrators in Hamah and then they have a "breaking news" flash in which they talk about a mysterious armed group which suddenly shows up at a time of demonstration and then start shooting at both demonstrators and police force members (they are always "police" in Syrian regime TV broadcast as Syria does not have a brutal mukhabarat force, according to the regime).  They talk to people in different parts of the country affirming that "life is normal" everywhere.  But how do they square their claims of "life is normal" with their own reports of a roving "criminal gang" moving around the country and shooting at people?  They need to synchronize their lies, for potato's sake.