{"article":{"id":293317,"heading":"The relentless anti-Syria propaganda of \u201cThe Independent\u201d newspaper comes to a close","author":"Cem Ertr","created":"2016-03-30 07:08:50","modified":"2016-03-30 07:08:50","last_modified":"Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:08:50","article":"<br><br>The relentless anti-Syria propaganda of &ldquo;The Independent&rdquo; newspaper comes to a close<br><br><br><br>\r\nPropaganda alert<br><br>\r\ncompiled by Cem Ert&uuml;r<br><br>\r\n30 March 2016<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px; font-style: italic;\">The final\r\nprint edition of Britain's&nbsp;&ldquo;progressive&rdquo;,&nbsp;&ldquo;pro-democracy&rdquo;\r\nnewspaper &ldquo;The Independent&rdquo; has been published\r\non March 26th, 2016. It is worth remembering that with the launch of\r\nNATO&rsquo;s genocidal wars on Libya and Syria in 2011, the long-discredited\r\n&ldquo;anti-war&rdquo; facade of &ldquo;The Independent&rdquo; had totally collapsed; despite\r\nthe highly deceptive propaganda rhetoric of its gatekeeper\r\n&ldquo;journalists&rdquo; such as Robert Fisk.\r\nThe front pages of &ldquo;The Independent&rdquo; compiled below illustrate the more\r\nblatant strand of its 5-year-long virulent, appalling anti-Syria\r\npropaganda.<br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 16 March 2016<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 13 February 2016<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 13 July 2015<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(via MSN News UK)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 5 September 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 23 August 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 4 June 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 7 April 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 11 February 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 30 January 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe Independent, 17 January 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 18 December 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 2 September 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 31 August 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 26 August 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(via Belfast Telegraph)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 22 August 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 9 January 2013<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 11 December 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 5 December 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 4 December 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 27 August 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 24 July 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 19 July 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 8 June 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIndependent\r\non Sunday, 27 May 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 28 March 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 16 March 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 7 March 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 3 March 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 29 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 27 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 23 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, &nbsp;9 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 7 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIndependent\r\non Sunday, 5 February 2012<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 31 December 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 19 November 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 18 October 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 19 August 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 14 June 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 11 June 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 8 June 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 31 March 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n_____________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">From the archives:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPropaganda &amp; censorship alert: NATO countries' media coverage\r\nof the elections in Syria<br>\r\n<br>\r\npropaganda alert by Cem Ert&uuml;r, Indybay, 7 June 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n\"Syria's\r\nholocaust\": The British media totally lose the plot<br>\r\n<br>\r\npropaganda alert by Cem Ert&uuml;r, Indybay, 23 January 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFlashback\r\nto 2013: Obama: \"I am ready to bomb Syria\"<br>\r\n<br>\r\npropaganda alert by Cem Ert&uuml;r, Indybay, 29 August 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRobert Fisk&rsquo;s anti-Syria propaganda<br>\r\n<br>\r\npropaganda alert by Cem Ert&uuml;r, Indybay, 30 April 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n_____________________________________<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"cem.ertur@gmail.com","link":"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2016\/03\/29\/18784660.php","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The final print edition of Britain's \u201cprogressive\u201d, \u201cpro-democracy\u201d newspaper \u201cThe Independent\u201d has been published on March 26th, 2016. It is worth remembering that with the launch of NATO\u2019s genocidal wars on Libya and Syria in 2011, the long-discredited \u201canti-war\u201d facade of \u201cThe Independent\u201d had totally collapsed; despite the highly deceptive propaganda rhetoric of its gatekeeper \u201cjournalists\u201d such as Robert Fisk. The front pages of \u201cThe Independent\u201d compiled below illustrate the more blatant strand of its 5-year-long virulent, appalling anti-Syria propaganda.\r\n\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2016\/03\/293317.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}