SANA: Don't let a bit of rain ruin the festivities

By B&B blog team - Sun, 2012-12-23 05:01- Boxes & Briefs

The world didn't end on December 21. But SANA is tweeting from a different planet.

Here, the five most recent Tweets by the Syrian National News Agency:

#Syria: Christmas Day (Tues 25th Dec) and New Year's Day (Tues 1st Jan) are public holidays, bringing a disruption to some public services

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

Damn holiday disruptions. Santa couldn't find the chimney, put a crater hole in my apartment bloc.

#Syria's Meteorology Department released nationwide statistics of precipitation level for the 24h ending 7am this morning. 88mm in #Latakia

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

It ain't over until the meteorology department defects.

#Syria Weather: Cloudy with rainy intervals over most areas, temperatures slightly below the seasonal average. Light to moderate SW winds

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

More weather updates.

#Syria Weather: Partly Cloudy tomorrow with a chance of showers over coastal and northern areas, temperatures will tend to rise slightly

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

Ah, phew. Things are finally looking up.

Pitbull and Christina Aguilera reached the number 1 spot in #Syria's Official Hit Music Chart this week with their song 'Feel This Moment'

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

Wow. I bet Aguilera/Pitbull didn't realize how poignant and popular that song was going to be with Syrians. Maybe they can perform it live at the Aleppo ca... oh, never mind.

#Syria Event Calendar: 22nd December 2012: Your guide to tonight's events and Christmas Parties in #Damascus twitter.com/SANA_English/s…

— SANA English (@SANA_English) December 22, 2012

Don't let the less than optimal party weather keep you home!

Comments

Thanks to Al-Akhbar. This is

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2012-12-24 01:46.

Thanks to Al-Akhbar. This is hilarious.

Maybe if Al-Akhbar and their

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2012-12-23 21:09.

Maybe if Al-Akhbar and their team of mis-informed 'journalists' (lets face it anyone can be a journalist these day and by the looks of this post a no-body from the streets was used to write this) took the situation in Syria a bit more seriously rather than make up parody accounts of news agency then maybe your brand of churnalism would be taken a bit more seriously.
I see no posts about the crisis in Aleppo, no posts about the lack of bread or fuel, no posts about the massacres in the infantry school in Aleppo. Instead you're using your time on the news desk to get some laughs.
Maybe we would take you seriously and you would be considered a group of credible journalists doing a half-decent job at telling the truth.
Instead you're taking calls from Iran and spit shining the image of the Brotherhood in Egypt to save yourselves.
Well done for wasting our time.