The “Morning Edition” program of the U.S. National Public Radio network — which is America’s most-trusted American source of news as measured by “the ratio of people who trust a news outlet to those who distrust it” — included on May 20th a segment, “Russia's Involvement In Syria Worsens Migration Crisis, Zannier Says”, in which the interviewer, Renee Montagne, opened her interview of Lamberto Zannier, the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), by saying:Propaganda spin. Don't lie blatantly, where you can get caught out, just use implication and innuendo.
“There is actually a theory out there to do with the migration crisis in Europe, that Russia may have purposely been bombing Syria with an air campaign in order to send more Syrian migrants into Europe, to destabilize Europe. Now, I’m wondering whether you think that’s far-fetched, but, at the same time, it sort of fits the picture of a Cold War?”He answered:
“Yeah, certainly Russia dealing in Syria had a number of goals, … but then of course, the impact of the bombings on civilian infrastructure, hospitals etcetera, has created an additional wave of refugees. … It is very difficult to tell whether this was intended or not, but certainly it would fit the picture in a way.”
Nothing about Erdogan blackmailing Europe, either.
Interestingly also, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of which Zannier is the Secretary General is monitoring the casefire in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia Bombed Syria to Flood Europe With Refugees - National Public Radio
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One interview does not make NPR a propaganda source. How do they compare with the major networks, like FOX, CBS, NBC, etc. ?
To a large extent we have PBS and we have NPR, but unfortunately they’ve been politicized by the Right -- and maybe to a certain extent, themselves, too. But they’re as close as we’ve got, and they’re not close enough.
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NPR is similar to BBC in this regard.
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