# They ‘didn’t look the type’: how the media was fooled by Bashar and Asma al-Assad
**Category:** retrospective_media_image  
**URL:** https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/09/how-media-was-fooled-bashar-asma-al-assad  
**Local extracted archive:** `../archived/extracted/guardian-media-fooled-assads.md`  
**Local raw captures:** `../archived/raw/guardian-media-fooled-assads.guardian-api.json`, `../archived/raw/guardian-media-fooled-assads.live.html`  
**Why it matters:** Post-fall reflection on how media narratives glamorised Bashar and Asma, including the Vogue profile.
## Use
- Treat as a research source, not as verified final film fact without cross-checking.
- Pull citations from the local extracted archive and, where necessary, the raw capture.