2 short answers

Youtube--

FILM/TV CLIP (PDE REQUIREMENT, via Netflix and YouTube, embedded/linked)

The White Helmets, 40 min., 2016.

Russia Today clip from Cross Talk: "White Helmets, Really?" 24 min. (URL: https://youtu.be/SgGNzj6rKqI)

ONLY USE THE TWO SOURCES GIVEN-- Please cite the page number, if you use a sources from the reading. 

After viewing both sources, address these questions:

(1)  What is the “message” of The White Helmets?  What is a viewer supposed to leave the film thinking about?  

(2) Why would Russia Today seek to delegitimize the work of the “White Helmets?”  

Note: this is not an easy task.  I am NOT expecting expert-level knowledge of the terribly complex Syrian Civil War.  I want you to articulate the arguments forwarded by both sources.  I want you to identify clearly any bias evident.  I want you to consider what it is like to be embroiled in the middle of a catastrophic civil war that has devastated the country of Syria and continued to destabilize the entire Middle East.