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Guardian Former Correspondent: Foreign Media Bias on Syria
Local Editor
Political commentator Jonathan Steele criticized in an article in the British Guardian newspaper the foreign media coverage of the events taking place in Syria, accusing it of bias and suppressing the facts that "go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis".
Steele, the Guardian's former international affairs correspondent, said the western media coverage has turned into "a propaganda weapon" against Syria as all the key issues related to the popularity of President Bashar al-Assad, the Arab League observer mission and the US military involvement have been "distorted in the west's propaganda war".
In his article titled ''Most Syrians back President Assad, but you'd never know from western media", Steele lashed out at this media's ignoring of information and polls that show the Syrian people's support to President al-Assad.
He asked "Suppose a respectable opinion poll found that most Syrians are in favour of Bashar al-Assad remaining as president, would that not be major news? Especially as the finding would go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis, and the media considers the unexpected more newsworthy than the obvious."
Steele answered his own questions saying "When coverage of an unfolding drama ceases to be fair and turns into a propaganda weapon, inconvenient facts get suppressed."
Steele said that the biased media coverage has distorted the Arab League's observer mission in Syria, highlighting the high praise in the west for the League's endorsement of a no-fly zone in Libya last spring, unlike its decision to mediate in Syria, which was less welcome to western governments, and to high-profile Syrian opposition groups, who increasingly support a military rather than a political solution
.
"So, "Steele added "the league's move was promptly called into doubt by western leaders, and most western media echoed the line."
Source: SANA
Political commentator Jonathan Steele criticized in an article in the British Guardian newspaper the foreign media coverage of the events taking place in Syria, accusing it of bias and suppressing the facts that "go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis".
Steele, the Guardian's former international affairs correspondent, said the western media coverage has turned into "a propaganda weapon" against Syria as all the key issues related to the popularity of President Bashar al-Assad, the Arab League observer mission and the US military involvement have been "distorted in the west's propaganda war".
In his article titled ''Most Syrians back President Assad, but you'd never know from western media", Steele lashed out at this media's ignoring of information and polls that show the Syrian people's support to President al-Assad.
He asked "Suppose a respectable opinion poll found that most Syrians are in favour of Bashar al-Assad remaining as president, would that not be major news? Especially as the finding would go against the dominant narrative about the Syrian crisis, and the media considers the unexpected more newsworthy than the obvious."
Steele answered his own questions saying "When coverage of an unfolding drama ceases to be fair and turns into a propaganda weapon, inconvenient facts get suppressed."
Steele said that the biased media coverage has distorted the Arab League's observer mission in Syria, highlighting the high praise in the west for the League's endorsement of a no-fly zone in Libya last spring, unlike its decision to mediate in Syria, which was less welcome to western governments, and to high-profile Syrian opposition groups, who increasingly support a military rather than a political solution
.
"So, "Steele added "the league's move was promptly called into doubt by western leaders, and most western media echoed the line."
Source: SANA
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