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Another brilliant success of our "reliable mainstream" media .
[font size=3]WHAT! ACCURACY IN MEDIA CALLS AL JAZEERA "the mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood" Say it ain't so! [/font]
Moustafa’s Twitter account currently describes him as working for the “Libyan Revolution, and now Syrian Revolution good times.”
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
Scandal Over “Brainchild” Behind War Policy
Cliff Kincaid — September 9, 2013
As President Obama prepares to speak to the nation on his desire for war in Syria, critical attention is being focused on the conflicts of interest and hidden agenda of an influential writer for The Wall Street Journal who has argued for U.S. military intervention on behalf of the Syrian “rebels.” The writer, an attractive young woman by the name of Elizabeth O’Bagy, has appeared on CNN, Fox News and PBS, but her controversial connection to one side in the Syrian civil war had been carefully concealed during these appearances.
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For example, McCain, who has praised Al Jazeera and also appeared on the channel, has called the Syrian rebels “moderates,” openly citing O’Bagy’s work.
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Her views, for example, were featured prominently in the USA Today article, “Syrian rebels said to seek Islamic democracy,” depicting the opposition to the Assad regime as desiring an American experiment in democratic government for their country. The article said, “Many Syrian opposition members she [O’Bagy] has spoken to compared what they want [in Syria] to the United States.”
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One leading Catholic thinker told Accuracy in Media that while Obama is coming across as indifferent to the suffering and plight of Christians in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking like “a potential good guy” by speaking up for the rights of persecuted Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere.
O’Bagy’s most influential article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, titled, “On the Front Lines of Syria’s Civil War.” In the article, she claimed that “Contrary to many media accounts, the war in Syria is not being waged entirely, or even predominantly, by dangerous Islamists and al-Qaida die-hards.” Commentary magazine called the article “a very good place to start” in understanding Syria.
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Before that, on June 22, 2012, she appeared on Al Jazeera, the television channel serving as the mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood, as an “expert” on Syria. This appearance seemed to also make her an “expert” in the eyes of many others in the international and U.S. media.
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http://www.aim.org/aim-column/scandal-over-brainchild-behind-war-policy/
Cliff Kincaid — September 9, 2013
As President Obama prepares to speak to the nation on his desire for war in Syria, critical attention is being focused on the conflicts of interest and hidden agenda of an influential writer for The Wall Street Journal who has argued for U.S. military intervention on behalf of the Syrian “rebels.” The writer, an attractive young woman by the name of Elizabeth O’Bagy, has appeared on CNN, Fox News and PBS, but her controversial connection to one side in the Syrian civil war had been carefully concealed during these appearances.
...
For example, McCain, who has praised Al Jazeera and also appeared on the channel, has called the Syrian rebels “moderates,” openly citing O’Bagy’s work.
...
Her views, for example, were featured prominently in the USA Today article, “Syrian rebels said to seek Islamic democracy,” depicting the opposition to the Assad regime as desiring an American experiment in democratic government for their country. The article said, “Many Syrian opposition members she [O’Bagy] has spoken to compared what they want [in Syria] to the United States.”
...
One leading Catholic thinker told Accuracy in Media that while Obama is coming across as indifferent to the suffering and plight of Christians in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking like “a potential good guy” by speaking up for the rights of persecuted Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere.
O’Bagy’s most influential article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, titled, “On the Front Lines of Syria’s Civil War.” In the article, she claimed that “Contrary to many media accounts, the war in Syria is not being waged entirely, or even predominantly, by dangerous Islamists and al-Qaida die-hards.” Commentary magazine called the article “a very good place to start” in understanding Syria.
...
Before that, on June 22, 2012, she appeared on Al Jazeera, the television channel serving as the mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood, as an “expert” on Syria. This appearance seemed to also make her an “expert” in the eyes of many others in the international and U.S. media.
...
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/scandal-over-brainchild-behind-war-policy/
[font size=3]WHAT! ACCURACY IN MEDIA CALLS AL JAZEERA "the mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood" Say it ain't so! [/font]
Moustafa’s Twitter account currently describes him as working for the “Libyan Revolution, and now Syrian Revolution good times.”
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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