Saturday, April 07, 2012

Barzou Daragahi of LA Times

I watched Barzou on Hariri TV show (or I listened to it while driving).  He was quite emotional about the Syrian uprising and the Free Syrian Army.  And it got me thinking: why do Western journalists never ever show any hint of emotions when they cover Israeli massacres and atrocities?  In covering Israeli war crimes, Western journalists immediately hide behind the false curtain of journalistic objectivity, merely to justify the cold tone in covering Israeli terrorism.  Barzou all but offered himself as a volunteer for the Free Syrian Army.  He also talked about bombing from the air by the regime.  Now, Barzou: on a daily bases, "witnesses" on Aljazeera report bombardment from the air by Syrian regime.  Yet, the next day, nothing is reported on the matter. There are tons of videos coming out daily from Syria.  Would we not receive footage of bombing by planes or helicopters?  Or is the fashion now to just escalate the claim to make propaganda points for the Free Syrian Army.  Hell, let me enter the fray and report that I saw Syrian regime using nuclear weapons too.  Yalla.  Count me as a champion of freedom now, since it is the season.  My favorite part of the interview was when Najat Sharaf Ad-Din (more professional than all the propagandists at Hariri TV) prefaced a question that she posed to Barzou by saying: we all know that you don't need to be in Syria to cover the Syrian uprising.  Kid you not.  Hell, in that case, I will report on Syrian developments from Modesto, California and I will just on Hariri clients in Lebanon--just like Anne Barnard--to supply me with phone numbers and addresses in Syria to skype with them.