The media war in Syria is putting truth under pressure. And, Tunisian media's obsession with terrorism.
The civil war in Syria has proven to be one of the most difficult and deadliest conflicts in the world for journalists to cover. So when a video - allegedly showing a Syrian boy rescuing a little girl while under gunfire - turned out to be a hoax, there was a vociferous backlash against the Norwegian filmmakers who produced it.
Journalists were at the forefront of the condemnation, accusing the filmmakers of belittling the work of professionals who risk their lives trying to report the truth and suffering of the real victims in the country. Adding to the confusion is the increasingly bizarre propaganda campaign by the armed group known as ISIL where kidnapped journalists are being forced to report for their captors.
Talking us through the Syria story this week are: Lina Khatib, director of Carnegie Middle Eastern Institute; Donatella Della Ratta, PhD fellow at Copenhagen University; Nevine Mabro, foreign editor, Channel 4 News; Sherif Mansour, MENA program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists; and Scott Edwards, project manager for the Science for Human Rights project at Amnesty International.
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