Tartous, (SANA)-Hundreds of youths in Tartous burned more than 5000 al-Jazeera Sport Channels subscription cards, sending a strong signal in reaction to the Channel's coverage of the events in Syria.
The youths expressed condemnation of al-Jazeera's tackling of the events in Syria which is devoid of professionalism, seeing that it promotes sedition and chaos by fabricating news and photos.
The youths raised banners lambasting al-Jazeera coverage which focuses on making negative psychological impact on the Syrians by generating a flood of lies refuted by the situation on the ground.
They urged their fellow youths to boycott the Channel economically and delete it from their TVs, stressing that belittling the Syrians' awareness through lies circulated by eyewitnesses and fabricated videos aims at intimidating the Syrian people.
''This move is a direct response to al-Jazeera fact-twisting and fabrication of events in Syria,'' said one of the youths, hailing the role played by the Syrian media.
Mustapha Asha said the initiative is a symbol of real boycott, adding that the Syrians are now certain that al-Jazeera and fellow tendentious channels seek destruction of their country.
Hundreds in Tartous staged a sit-in few days ago, censuring the coverage of tendentious media of events in Syria. They considered that the coverage is meant to tarnish the reputation of the country and stir chaos in violation of the principles of journalistic work and the international and local laws regulating it.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2011
