Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source Archived Message
Posted by Thomas Newfield on May 23, 2019, 10:41 pm, in reply to "Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source"
There are more slurs on Ms Beeley here. Hiding behind others' words merely compounds the dishonour. [V. Beeley] reports from Syria "in a context that is entirely embedded in Syrian government and military forces". Why, because she got a visa to visit the country legally? Because she interviews ordinary Syrians including those who were never asked if their story could be used to support the bombing of their country? She has interviewed White Helmets in southern Syria. Repeating this recalls the papering over of slaughter of civilians by terrorist bombs with the "casualities in government loyalist areas" meme. With similar effect. In fact this accusation as the Davids must know if they've read her work, that Vanessa Beeley is "embedded with the Syrian government" (what does that mean?) and forces, is simply false. Your penultimate paragraph in which you compare support for Saddam Hussain the western backed monster with Assad, the mild-mannered leader whose popularity has he's fought a defensive ware while seeking to heal his country's wounds, is nearly as shameful. You betray here a greater concern with perception than truth. But, yes David and David - I suspect you will read this -: you will indeed be further accused of being "Assad apologists" if you truly release yourselves from this spurious academic objectivity and engage with the best reporters whose names are dragged through the gutter but whose honour is unblemished. So, well done, you've managed to minimise that, well done. It is quite a shame thoughfor those of us that love your work.
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