The BBC has been pumping out reports insinuating that Syrian filmmaker Khaled Khatib was stopped from going to the US by some devious Trump trick despite having been issued a visa by the US…the BBC is still reporting today that this is so...[A report from 13:00 today]
However, White Helmets’ cinematographer Khaled Khateeb was unable to attend the Oscars ceremony after being barred from boarding a flight from Turkey, after US officials reported finding “derogatory information” about him.
The Daily Mail however reports that Khatib’s passport was cancelled by the Syrian government as said in a statement by the White Helmets themselves [see above image]….
In a statement early on Sunday, the White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defence, said that Saleh would not be able to leave his work because of the high intensity of air strikes while Khatib could not attend because Syria’s government had cancelled his passport.
BBC fake news? I think I’ll go with the Mail on this one….seems likely the Syrian government would not like such a person to be freely roaming around making anti-Assad noises.
Oh even the Guardian is on the ball [Sunday]…
White Helmet to miss Oscars because Syria cancelled passport
So America does not ‘deny entry’ to Khatib, he doesn’t have a passport. Guess the BBC is either desperate to keep blaming Trump in some shape or form or they are incompetent.
‘Guess the BBC is either desperate to keep blaming Trump in some shape or form or they are incompetent.’
Or, just possibly, both ?
Haven’t there been allegations that the White Helmets have been shown to be fabricating some rescues in order to show the Syrian Army and Russians in a bad light? I understand a Canadian journalist, Eva Bartlett, has criticised both Channel 4 and the BBC for their inaccurate reporting of some events involving the White Helmets. Here’s a link to Channel 4’s (not very convincing) answer to her charges. Make up your own minds…
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-eva-bartletts-claims-about-syrian-children
Peter
Channel Four is a state owned broadcaster and apparently Channel Four does get some of the licence fee. Channel Four and the BBC or brown smelly stuff sticks to brown smelly stuff both dancing to the same tune of the same fiddler ?
This article from 21st Century Wire gives some real insight into the fake White Helmets. It’s quite long but worth the read.
http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/02/25/white-helmets-are-denied-entry-into-us-hollywood-dreams-over/
Trump is smart enough to steer well clear of the White Helmets
Hollywood welcomes the White Helmets
Now what was that the bBBC keep whinging about? Oh yes, fake news on social media, something the bBBC keep insisting they, and the rest of the Marxist-Liberal MSM, would never, ever stoop to.
Isn’t it wonderful to see the self-righteous condemn themselves by their own words.