"Along with its brutal security crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, the regime in Bahrain has launched a (mis) information offensive to defend its position. This has involved:
On October 12, Bahrain's state-run TV station broadcast a special program, aimed at discrediting the opposition, hosted by pro-regime columnist Sawsan Al-Shaer. One of the segments shows a number of supposed encounters between a BTV reporter and anti-government protesters (watch the segment below):" (thanks Laleh)
- hiring an army of Western PR agents
- releasing fabricated or misleading statements attributed to the UK Foreign Secretary, the United Nations, and others
- broadcasting "confessions" of political detainees on state television prior to their trial, one of whom was killed in custody and whose body bore clear marks of torture
- recruiting a nonexistent journalist
On October 12, Bahrain's state-run TV station broadcast a special program, aimed at discrediting the opposition, hosted by pro-regime columnist Sawsan Al-Shaer. One of the segments shows a number of supposed encounters between a BTV reporter and anti-government protesters (watch the segment below):" (thanks Laleh)
