Category Archives: White Helmets

It’s Time To Raise the Level of Public Debate about Syria

Posted on July 22, 2017 by

These past six months I have been getting to know the inter-media. They’re not formally part of mainstream, and they’re not very social, so I call them inter-media. They are like the maintenance team for the mainstream. To explain this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Channel 4, disinformation, film, inter-media, journalism, media, MSF, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets | 29 Comments

It’s Time To Raise the Level of Public Debate about Syria

Posted on July 22, 2017 by

These past six months I have been getting to know the inter-media. They’re not formally part of mainstream, and they’re not very social, so I call them inter-media. They are like the maintenance team for the mainstream. To explain this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Channel 4, disinformation, film, inter-media, journalism, media, MSF, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets | Leave a comment

Khan Sheikhoun: why it is sensible to be sceptical still

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

The OPCW fact finding mission (FFM) has now reported on the chemical incident in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, in April 2017. Although heavily trailed in previews, by Bellingcat and others, as presenting virtually a smoking gun implicating the Syrian government, the … Continue reading →

Posted in journalism, media, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets | 23 Comments

Deceptive Documentaries

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

When we watch a documentary film I imagine most of us suppose it to be portraying factual information, not fiction. That, after all, is what would differentiate a documentary from other genres like drama or entertainment. With this assumption in … Continue reading →

Posted in Amnesty International, BBC, bullshit, Channel 4, disinformation, film, journalism, media, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets | 2 Comments

Last White Helmets in Aleppo: in lieu of a film review

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

In the wake of Netflix’s Oscar winning The White Helmets comes the Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize winning Last Men of Aleppo. According to early reviews, audiences leave screenings with a desperate feeling that something ought to be done, but … Continue reading →

Posted in disinformation, film, media, propaganda, Syria, UK Government, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets | 3 Comments