Since the violence began in Syria, CNN and other media outlets have been working at a disadvantage. The Syrian government has imposed severe restrictions on foreign journalists, allowing few of them to enter the country to report. That means we've been unable to see for ourselves what has been happening.
But recently, Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson was allowed to enter the country, following Arab League monitors on their fact-finding mission. In this report, Nic gives us a rare look at how tensions inside the country are making it hard for Syrians to live... and shows us the challenges of capturing what is really happening in Syria.
We spoke with Nic Robertson from London, after he returned from Syria, to get him to go into more detail about what it was like to report under such taxing conditions inside of Syria.
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The syrians will always find the right path , good or bad times
Good always wins
Great country and great people.
Let it be
For crynig out loud. The "don't ask, don't tell" policy was the very first thing Bill Clinton did when he became president. This was a Clinton mandate.Secondly, why were Democrat plants and questions used for the Republican candidate debate? Isn't this debate and every debate prior to the caucus in Iowa and the primaries to help REPUBLICANS decide who to vote for? This was a set up from the beginning to try to make the Republicans look bad. Shame on CNN and all of the democraps who tried to sabotage the program.Shame on the Republican candidates for even taking part in this three-ring circus.
What's a real man? Have you ever been in a fight?To me a fight is never about mensynals'. It's usually about some degree of both people not estimating how effective the other person is in a fight. Anybody will to some degree resort to physical violence if the scenario is right for them. That's male or female, gay or straight. Jean Genet was a murderer in prison. I've seen a lot of fights in my time. I've never had any question come up about mensynals. What I've seen of course is people saying a lot to distract the other into inaction. That usually is not realistic talk, just fantasy land.Doyle
All in all, the Church has the same conspiracy of scienle that Moderate Muslims demonstrate towards the Jihadis in their midst.Benedict is not accmoplishing much by chastising the Irish church.How about actually defrocking some Priests?
MOP tried ucssncesufully to make a point: Democrats can ask Republicans questions....... It is not rigging it, by having a Democrat ask a question.Yes it IS rigged, if the PLANT is a Hillary Clinton operative. CNN once again failed in their alleged investigative background check.And did you notice, CNN gave more time to the gay military guy on a single topic then they gave to any of the candidates. People in the audience started booing him. This is not a pressing issue that Americans care about.CNN – Capitulation News Network
It doesn't btheor me that Dems got to ask questions. This is a Presidential election and the candidates should be able to address all issues not just those that give them the best soundbites. Where CNN crossed the line was allowing the Clinton plant to grab a mic and start ANSWERING his own question. Asking questions is one thing... going on an extended rant is another.
Ready to go down in a ball of fmelas wing nuts???If CNN is so "liberal" why did they plant a Grover Norquist question? Out of 5000 videos, they picked Grover Norquist??????can anyone care to explain, and care to explain why the haco-o-sphere's is ignoring this????Grover Norquist, and infamous Republican activist, asked a video question about TAXES, nobody called it outI will always outmatch you guys, toe to toe, I defeat consall the time