'In 2011, weeks before pro-#democracy campaigners began taking to the streets of #Syria, #Vogue ran a now-removed profile of her titled “A Rose in the Desert”. It described her as “the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies”, avoiding any mention of the more than 5,000 #civilians already killed by her husband.'

#assad #putin #russia #journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/kremlin-denies-reports-asma-al-assad-seeking-divorce-return-london?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Great episode of the generally recommendable podcast "killed" about the infamous Vogue story "A Rose in the Desert"
https://killedstories.com/the-queen/

“In over 30 years at Vogue, Anna Wintour has killed many stories. This is not one of them.”
#podcast #vogue #syria #assad #media #journalism