When the Oscar for Best Documentary Short was awarded to The White Helmets, Hollywood’s liberal elite handed the industry’s most prestigious prize to a terrorist organization directly affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The controversial decision to reward the The White Helmets has pundits speculating whether Hollywood’s hierarchy is “unbelievably naive” or if they are “actively promoting Obama-era establishment propaganda.“ The 40-minute documentary short, produced by Netflix, follows the follows the daily activities of a group of volunteer rescue workers of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets. The group received wide coverage in the Western media and is portrayed as heroes and saviors, who operate in parts of rebel-controlled Syria. However, The White Helmets film was slammed by those with in-depth, personal knowledge of the situation in Syria. On-the-ground experts and journalists who have actually spent time in Syria claim it provides a biased, exaggerated and one-sided account of the events in the war-torn country, and is being used to push Obama-era establishment lies. Journalist Vanessa Beeley, who has been investigating the White Helmets for years, accused the group of having ties with terrorist organizations and being a means of propaganda against the Syrian government. “We are seeing an organization that has been proven to be affiliated to al-Qaeda and al-Nusra Front, [...]
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