Posts Tagged ‘PressTV’
Syria – two perspectives illustrated
April 25th, 2017 | 
Author: By Jan Oberg
“The Debate” on April 16, 2017 with Richard Millett and Jan Oberg illustrates quite well two distinctly different perspectives on conflicts in general and Syria in particular.
Its focus is on the difference in media coverage of the terrible events in Khan Seykhoun and al-Rashideen but there is much more to it.
I’ll keep on struggling for the conflict and peace perspective against the violence perspective that sees black-and-white only and continues the seemingly eternal blame game – and thus legitimates more, rather than less, warfare.
Happy if you care to share and continue the – meta – debate!
Posted in Alternatives - peace, Conflict and war, International law, Jan Oberg, Media & conflict, Media perspectives, Middle East, NATO, Negotiations, Peace, Psychology - war & peace, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, Theories and concepts, UN matters, Uncategorized, US Empire, USA, Videos, Violence-prevention | 
Tags: al-Rashideen, Khan Seykhoun, media in Syria, media on syria, PressTV, Richard Millett, the Syria war narrative | 
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TFF PressInfo # 403: Discussing NATO with a former US Assistant Secretary of Defence
By Jan Oberg
On the occasion of NATO’s defence minister meeting on February 15-16 discussing NATO, Ukraine, Crimea, Syria and the eternal threat images which are fake – with former Assistant Secretary of Defence of the United States, Mr. Lawrence J. Korb.
I’m afraid he got some stuff wrong such as the establishment of NATO and whether or not Kosovo is part of the Balkans.
He also believed that NATO’s 1999 bombing of Serbia-Kosovo had a UN Security Council mandate.
Enjoy those small moment and the rest where I am trying to present some more general thourght on why the whole NATO philosophy is outdated – the only point where I agree with President Trump…
Media experience and policy
Lots of people in the debate seem to believe there is something strange about being in the “propaganda” media of “enemies of the West” – read the global Iran’s PressTV and Russia’s Russia Today.
What they don’t seem to have acknowledged is that tons of Westerners are being interviewed and do commenting (like myself for years) at these media. Here is Mr. Korb with me at Iran’s international TV channel.
What they also don’t know is something I am sorry to report: I’ve met attempts at manipulation and “editing” and censorship with a series of Western mainstream media, not the least in my native Denmark, but I have not experience any of that even once with Russia Today and PressTV. Very decent professionals!
So much for the free press and for the propaganda channels. My personal problems is, which is which?
Posted in Disarmament, Eastern Europe, Ethics and values, EU politics, EU security, European Union, Ex Yugoslavia, Ex-Yugoslavia/Balkans, Freedom of expression, International law, Jan Oberg, Kosovo/a, Migration and refugees, NATO, Nuclear weapons, Peace, Pro-peace & proposals, Psychology - war & peace, Russia, Sanctions, Security and defence, Syria, Terrorism, Theories and concepts, Ukraine, UN matters, US Empire, US politics & security, Videos, Violence-prevention, Western decline, World order/governance |
Tags: Lawrence J. Korb, NATO defence minister meeting in February 2017, NATO exercises, NATO expansion, PressTV, Russia Today, US secretary of Defence |
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