Sunday, February 19, 2012

Monitoring Syria from Modesto

Whenever BBC News reports on Syria, it refers to Jim Muir who--it says--is "monitoring" Syrian developments from Beirut.  Yesterday, he "monitored" a "huge" demonstration in Damascus.  Does that mean that I can as credibly monitor Syrian developments from California? If not, why not? What if I quote the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights and their many fabrications?