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Yes it is.

And Tiry, James M, Shard, how exactly do you know about any of this ?
Are you in Syria ? Hungary ?

No, we use a postwar invention called television. You should try it.

Or newspapers. In fact there is so much journalism around about the crisis that the Syrians face it's hard to believe that anyone could not know what's going on...

But I thought that you guys didn't believe newspapers judging by previous posts, maybe you are selective in your reading and if so what criteria are you using to judge what is correct information and what isn't and what evidence do you have to support your choice of a good read?

I use tea leafs.

Apart from the British being embarrassing thing. For that I read this forum or take a trip to Ibiza.

A credible news site is one that is ultimately a non-partisan news tank.

You always need to be a critically thinking information consumer and be wary that what you are reading tilts liberal or conservative.

Care to share some examples?

Brilliant, exactly the same as me then.

I doubt it.

Of the popular culture news sites this provides an accurate breakdown in a chart of what one should consider when consuming its news:

Here Are The Most- And Least-Trusted News Outlets In America - Business Insider

These news sources (less popular) focus on trying to stay neutral and unbiased by focusing on fact:

A Quest for Truth: A List of the Top 8 Unbiased News Sources | Debate.org Blog

That failing the tea leafs.

I'm kind of the same as James. I'm an information junkie and apart from the Daily Mail which is clearly tosh then I read everything and then apply a dose of critical thinking to it. But with Syria and it's five year history it's easy to read unbiased information and pictures of the surrounding areas as well as personal accounts if you want to that is. People often appear to happy to take things at face value or headlines without much delving into it.

There is also a website called Google

It gives you lots of different places to read stuff.

Often rather than asking questions on a forum you can do self research.

I've heard this argument before.
During WW2 men were called up, there wasn't really a choice. Where would you go to though as everywhere was at war.

Sadly, unbiased information is a rare thing.