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Given the events that are unfolding and are about to unfold in Syria, I think this little clip from a lecture by Robert Fisk is rather important to keep in mind.

In the next couple of days, keep an eye open for how often the sources are directly or indirectly from the respective governments. No one else seems to get consulted unless it is a columnist who basically agrees with whatever action will be taken (remember Andrew Marr saying that the "victory" in Iraq would silence Blair's critics and the anti-war movement?) or a journalist who seems to want to perv over weaponry.

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Scotland's Michael Greenwell has worked, at various times, as a university tutor, a barman, a DJ ("not a very good one," he clarifies), an office lackey, supermarket worker, president of a small charity, a researcher, a librarian, a volunteer worker in Nepal during the civil war there, and "some other things that were too tedious to mention." Nowadays, he explains, "I am always in (more...)
 
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