from Ali. "For media analysts, coverage of the Syrian war has seriously eroded the reputations of channels like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya. Where their newscasts once brought a measure of objectivity to a region dominated by servile state-run media, they are increasingly viewed as mouthpieces for the foreign policy objectives of Qatar and Saudi Arabia." As if the newstastion of king Fahd, al-Arabiyya, was ever objective. Also, as if the New York Times is not viewed as a mouthpiece of the Western governments on Syria.