Syria’s Scuds, Israel’s Security, and One Big Smokescreen http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/04/syria’s-scuds-israel’s-security-and-one-big-smokescreen/#more-16507

In the self-sensationalising world of modern media, some truths are better witnessed than told. Over the past fortnight, major media outlets have converged on Syria’s alleged delivery of scud missiles to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. By examining how the story first came to limelight, as well as the manner in which media sources have uncritically covered the story, one can begin to notice the vastly degenerated state of today’s media and its deeply polarising effects.