Posted on 12/27/2019 11:57:35 AM PST by NorseViking
DAMASCUS, SYRIA — Just outside Damascus, foreign reporters on a press tour gathered around a handful of generals from not just the Syrian Arab Army, but the Russian military, too.
The infamous Syrian-Russian special alliance on full display for the cameras was a bizarre scene to witness. But it’s nearly impossible for international journalists to get access to the part of Syria controlled by President Bashar al-Assad. The only way in is through a regime-sanctioned press tour orchestrated by Russian Ministry of Information — and reporters are agreeing to them in order to see what’s happening in the country.
And it’s also a window into Russian propaganda on Syria.
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Who ever went on an Army Objective, Non Propaganda Tour?
Yep, they are shocked.
When we had “embedded journalists”, they got to see a lot of “unscripted” stuff, including American deaths, deaths of women and children, collateral damage, etc. And that unscripted stuff ended up in our news, and was used against us by our enemies. War is hell, and controlling the message (propaganda) is sometimes key to winning. Giving the enemy free access to propaganda would be pretty stupid. The Russians seem to understand this a little better than us.
“When we had “embedded journalists”...
“embedded journalists” was one of the most stupid ideas the people inside the beltway ever came up with.
Agreed. Many of them actually had an anti-war, or even anti-US agenda. It was like inviting the enemy into our ranks.
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