Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Corporate Media’s Dubious Syria Coverage

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, February 14, 2014

Corporate Media’s Dubious Syria Coverage

Click here to access article by James F. Tracy from Memory Hole.

If you are new to this blog or have not been following alternative sources of information regarding Middle East affairs, then you can benefit from reading this article which alerts you to one more example of Empire management of information in their pursuit of power and profits.

Western news media reportage on the rampant criminal activities of foreign-backed paramilitary groups operating within Syria still relies heavily on unreliable sources frequently referred to as “activists.” Such spokespersons routinely claim the Syrian military are committing atrocities against the Syrian population.