The Telegraph's article posted today regarding "F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Bahrain government is 'stupid' to race" only further emphasises how little Western media really know about... well, anything, really.
Firstly, Bernie Ecclestone may be a sarcastic, tongue-in-sheek, money obsessed moron but he's not stupid. He isn't going to bite the hand that feeds him. Especially if it's a £26 million F1 hand.
Secondly, when asked if Syria ever had a circuit in Damascus, would he be persuaded to take a grand prix there? Bernie Ecclestone came up with the best response: “We’ll have to take a look and see”.Of course, the political unrest in Bahrain is heart wrenching and the country is hurting. However, please - let's not do the Syrians a disservice by comparing the atrocities occurring there on a daily basis with Bahrain.Now, Dan Roan (The BBC reporter who asked this question) must obviously must be some tree-hugging, sensationalist idiot if he feels this is the case.
Thirdly, anyone who has lived on the island country of Bahrain will have to admit there are "protests" going taking place on a nearly daily basis. The fact of the matter is that more often than not, the reports in Western media of these "protests" are grossly exaggerated to give more publicity than is probably warranted of a group of 20 youths and vigilantes setting fire to tyres on a muddy side road.
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