Syria TV Remixes McCain Town Hall into Pro-Assad Propaganda
Channel: BUREAU of CHANGE
Date: 2013-09-14

Watch this news clip broadcast on Syrian TV.  Then watch the source footage: "Syrian Woman Rips into John McCain for His Support for Bombing Syria 9 5 2013" http://youtu.be/8x_vusWz33c
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How aligned with the Assad regime's message must the news be to pass censors in Syria?  

At Senator John McCain's recent town hall meeting, a Syrian-American woman spoke passionately against the U.S. using force in the Middle East. Shortly thereafter, the Syrian TV station Alikhbaria (الاخبارية السورية) broadcast footage of the woman's plea to McCain on its YouTube Channel. 

The Alikhbaria news package presents the woman's passionate appeal to McCain as a single unedited clip of her speech. However, comparing the Syria TV version to the original clip reveals manipulation. The first 15 seconds of her speech and 25 additional seconds of her voice within the clip are missing, masked by what the movie industry calls "invisible" editing technique.  

What was left on Syria TV's cutting room floor?  

1.  Her statement that "no one is denying that there's a lot of atrocities being committed in Syria" on both sides of the conflict. 

2. Her plea that the U.S. must stop Iran's support to Assad's army and Saudi Arabia's support to the opposing forces. 

3. Her statement that she "is not a fan" of Bashar Al-Assad. This remix results in an awkward misquote, "We don't want Al Qaida to take over [cut] but at least he has a secular government going on over there." 

The news package was available on Alikhbaria's YouTube Channel yesterday.  However, it is no longer there. Nor are thousands of other Alikhbaria videos. 

YouTube shut down the entire Alikhbaria account for "repeated or severe violations of Community Guidelines and/or claims of copyright infringement." Here's where the videos used to be: http://www.youtube.com/syriaalikhbari

Watch the original "Syrian Woman Rips into John McCain for His Support for Bombing Syria 9 5 2013" at http://youtu.be/8x_vusWz33c

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