Wednesday 6 February 2013

Two Years of Meta-Narratives: How Not to Cover Syria

[An artistic rendering of Bashar al-Assad, one of the many subtle and thought-provoking images that social media has brought to the fore. ]


 "The Revolutionary mocks the piss-poor media coverage of Syria, as he believes deeply in the importance of disseminating leaked naked pictures of Asmaa al-Assad, ridiculously good looking Syrian rebels nuzzling kittens, Bashar wearing different wigs, and other essential topics."

 Obviously a dog-lover. Here are those kittens again.[http://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/fsa-cats-syria-443002]


 I guess this is Robert Fisk,
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Showing off his Arabic by a generous sprinkling of the words habibi and shabiha in his reporting, as well as his fetishizing and in depth knowledge of political Islam (he once visited a mosque in Pakistan and he follows Mona Eltahawy on Twitter), he is in an ideal position to make rational and enlightened comments on the future of Syria. After providing a more comprehensive overview of the situation of the ground using an embellished version of the amateur’s account, the seasoned journalist concludes his article grimly and definitively: the “Lion of Damascus” and his regime are bad but so is the opposition; Syria is bound to be a repeat of Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Balkans." 

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