MSM Watch

21st Century Wire says…
Failing US magazine Newsweek once again finds itself on the ropes.

Syrian Conflict and the fighting in Azaz, 18 August 2012. (Photo:Scott Bobb@WikiCommons)
21st Century Wire
The war on Syria is not only about the military theater, it is about information warfare. 

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21st Century Wire says…
More than ever, it is important that we continually highlight how western corporate media outlets, including the most respected brands in western mainstream media, like CNN, the BBC, AFP, the New York Times and others – have been the driving force behind some of most deceptive reporting and a militaristic propaganda campaign which has targeted Syria and its ally Russia.

21st Century Wire says…
The Western mainstream media continue their intentional and highly concerted, and coordinated effort to run fake news about events in Syria, and in other conflict areas too. 
Here is just the latest of many documented examples of this practice of deception which western media outlets have been running about Syria since the conflict began in 2011…

US Mainstream Media are struggling to regain credibility, and so they are resorting to banal and ‘safe’ coverage.

21st Century Wire says…
One of the biggest trends running through this election season has been the migration of elements formerly on the fringe of politics – into the center, or mainstream.