Rick Sterling, Author at BSNEWS

Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria

Rick Sterling — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:21:56 +0000

Introduction In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the notables were the Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, a Syrian-British heart surgeon and Julian Assange’s father. We spent time in Damascus, then traveled by bus to Latakia and then Homs. In each city we […]

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WMD Claims in Syria Raise Concerns over U.S. Escalation

Rick Sterling — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:09:06 +0000

Journalists are supposed to critically question, investigate the facts, and expose contradictions and falsehoods. When the media fails to do that, they have some responsibility, especially when it leads to wars, death and destruction.

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Dissecting the Propaganda on Syria

Rick Sterling — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:46:14 +0000

At the recent annual convention of Veterans for Peace, VFP Vice President Jerry Condon said “The U.S. peace movement has been demobilized by disinformation on Syria.” This disinformation and propaganda on Syria takes three distinct forms. The first is the demonization of the Syrian leadership. The second is the romanticization of the opposition. The third form involves attacking anyone questioning […]

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