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    Re: I talked to everybody I could in Syria, That's how you find out the truth Archived Message

    Posted by margo on December 2, 2019, 3:11 pm, in reply to " I talked to everybody I could in Syria, That's how you find out the truth"

    If they cross the lines, journalists will have their heads cut off – which is why there are no Western reporters based in the government-besieged province of Idlib (they only very rarely ever visit). And I’ve always believed that regimes are to be avoided. I’m one of the few journalists I know who has not interviewed Assad. Talking to armies can reveal the truth.


    Reminded again why I'm not the greatest fan of Fisk... and his tendency to re-write.

    He doesn't mention how SKY (eg Alex Crawford), BBC and CNN (Clarissa Ward) have safely fielded reporters in Al-Qaeda-Idlib: women reporters swathed in black robes, led by AlQaeda guides, breathlessly reporting the AlQaeda/ISIS side of the story.

    He's also not generous enough - as he sings his own praise as a war reporter - to mention the female journalists who've travelled Syria's road, too, and done arguably more penetrating analysis there than he has: Vanessa Beeley and Eva Bartlett.

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