Qaddafi’s Handling of Media Shows Regime’s Flaws

For journalists cloistered in Tripoli at the invitation of the government, its management, or rather staging, of public relations provided a singular view.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/world/africa/11tripoli.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

“This is not even human blood!” the escort erupted to group of journalists, making a gesture with his hands like squeezing a tube. “I told them, ‘Nobody is going to believe this!’ ” he explained, as Elizabeth Palmer, a correspondent for CBS News, later recalled. His name was withheld for his protection.