The propaganda purpose of Western media coverage of Syria has reached a mythical proportion. It does not in any offer an improvement over the Qatari and Saudi media coverage of Syria. When an assistant to the driver of a deputy to the clerk of a ministry defects, it receives headline coverage in Western media. And yesterday, the commander of the Free Syrian Army was hit by a bomb under his seat while visiting Syria and there was not a single headline in the Western media. In fact, it is mentioned in passing in the New York Times.