Tall tales in Tripoli?
bbc
07-Jun-2011 (one comment)


The official position in Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's Libya is that the foreign Press is free to report on what we like.

The reality is very different, and when reporting from the government side we have to work under extremely restrictive conditions.

Even when we are taken out beyond the confines of our luxury hotel complex by government minders to see the aftermath of Nato bombing raids, what we are presented with is impossible to verify and, frankly, sometimes difficult to believe.

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Darius Kadivar

Libyan propaganda & child 'air raid victim' hoax

by Darius Kadivar on Tue Jun 07, 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Libyan propaganda and the child 'air raid victim' that wasn't

With almost 10,000 sorties by Nato planes, it is more than probable there have been civilian casualties and collateral damage.

But the problem for international journalists working under these restrictions, is that it is often difficult to know what is the truth and what is propaganda. 

The official position in Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's Libya is that the foreign Press is free to report on what we like.

The reality is very different, and when reporting from the government side we have to work under extremely restrictive conditions. 



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