Syrian regime TV

I am told that Syrian regime TV did not air the interview with Bashshar by Barbara Walters in full, that it was conveniently edited.  I still find the demeanor of Bashshar rather awkward in such rare public appearances: he seems smugly smiling and awkward.  Yesterday, for the second time in a few weeks, he received his friend, Talal Arsalan (an insignificant Lebanese sectarian Druze chieftain whose family lost power during the civil war).  I was thinking: there are no signs of reform in Syria bar on: the regime hired a most skillful propagandist as a spokesperson for the Syrian foreign ministry.  So much for reform.