Despite Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich saying a Syrian media report âmischaracterizedâ a press conference he gave while on a âfact-findingâ trip to Syria, video footage of an interview he gave on Syrian television while in Syria clearly shows Kucinich being deferential to and even laudatory of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/30/t...tor-on-syrian-television-video/#ixzz1Qnsl3Erw