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Bashar al-Assad Tries to Control Media & Facebook in Syria Crackdown

Rula Jebreal says the dictator’s attempts to control Facebook and other media won’t thwart Syrians trying to oust him.

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While Muammar Gaddafi’s death was breaking news throughout the world, for five days Syrian state television totally ignored it.

Gaddafi’s fall is by no means the only thing the Syrian government tries to hide from its own people.

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