Sunday, February 05, 2012

Syrian regime TV

It is quite a spectacle.  Let us face it: coverage of Syria on Arab TVs (with the exception of New TV in Lebanon which upsets both sides) is pure trashy propaganda.  But Syrian regime TV was celebrating yesterday: it offered the Chinese and Russian vetoes as an example of the success of its diplomacy, or as a proof of the genius of its dictatorial leadership.  The quality of the analysis was rather absurd.  And who are those Syrian and Lebanese "experts" and "analysts" that they invite to the screen? I have never heard of most of those people.  But do people notice that there is air of tension in the air in Syrian news broadcasts?