o the decadent nature of the [Baathist] regime (…). While most of these reports contained evidence that was unremarkable for a dictatorial regime (indeed, since Britain has one of the wealthiest monarchies and one of the highest levels of inequality in Europe, the charges of decadence were particularly curious), we found no reports that made this point, or put them in an international context. […]
Our research suggests that the (UK, ed.) wartime coverage was generally sympathetic to the government’s case. This manifested itself in various ways, notably: (…) the focus on the brutality or decadence of the regime without putting this evidence in context.
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