The Media Aims its Missiles

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 3, 2006

Selected excerpts:

* The BBCâ€™s coverage of the present war has been so extraordinary that even staunch BBC supporters in London seem rather embarrassed â€“ in conversation, not on the air, unfortunately. If the BBC were just a British problem that would be one thing, but it is not. No other station broadcasts so extensively in dozens of languages, on TV, radio and online.

* A careful look at aerial satellite photos of the areas targeted by Israel in Beirut shows that certain specific buildings housing Hizbullah command centers in the city's southern suburbs have been singled out. Most of the rest of Beirut, apart from strategic sites like airport runways used to ferry Hizbullah men and weapons in and out of Lebanon, has been left pretty much untouched.
From the distorted imagery, selective witness accounts, and almost round-the-clock emphasis on casualties by the media, you would be forgiven for thinking that the level of death and destruction in Lebanon is on a par with that in Darfur, where Arab militias are slaughtering hundreds of thousands of non-Arabs.

* CNN "senior international correspondent" Nic Robertson admitted that his anti-Israel report from Beirut on July 18 about civilian casualties in Lebanon, was stage-managed from start to finish by Hizbullah. He revealed that his story was heavily influenced by Hizbullah's "press officer" and that Hizbullah has "very, very sophisticated and slick media operations."

* Another journalist let the cat out of the bag last week. Writing on his blog while reporting from southern Lebanon, Time magazine contributor Christopher Allbritton, casually mentioned in the middle of a posting: â€œTo the south, along the curve of the coast, Hezbollah is launching Katyushas, but Iâ€™m loathe to say too much about them. The Party of God has a copy of every journalistâ€™s passport, and theyâ€™ve already hassled a number of us and threatened one.â€[/b]
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The complete article can be read at:

The Jerusalem Post

National Review

National Post (Canada)

burritos · Aug 3, 2006

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Selected excerpts:
The complete article can be read at:

The Jerusalem Post

National Review

National Post (Canada)
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Whatever Israel is doing, it sure is taking the bad publicity off of the Iraq/Civil War situation. I think they're tag teaming the media. Suckers!

Mirza · Aug 3, 2006

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155652073...glance&n=283155

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 4, 2006

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155652073...glance&n=283155
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Is this another one of your heroes? Perhaps you should read some more about him.

There's a former U.S. congressman running around the world these days blaming America for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

His name is Paul Findley, and from 1961 through 1983, he served as a Republican member of the House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.

Last year, he said President Bush had it all wrong when he told the nation that we were attacked by evil and fanatical Islamic terrorists on Sept. 11. The real cause of the devastation our nation experienced that day was because of our unjustified support for the nation of Israel, he explained.

Just before Sept. 11, Findley released a book called "Silent No More," an attempt to improve the image of Islam in the United States and vilify his arch-enemy Israel. Obviously, the book didn't do very well in post-Sept. 11 America. But don't feel sorry for Findley. He seems to find enough money to travel the world and give speeches â€“ particularly in the Middle East.

Findley has never gotten over the fact that he was turned out of office because of his own somewhat fanatical support of Yasser Arafat in 1982, even while serving as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Recently, in Saudi Arabia, Findley explained the Bush administration had "overreacted" to the Sept. 11 attacks. Overreacted. He thinks most Americans don't understand the complexities of the Middle East debate because they have been hoodwinked and deceived.

"They have been misled by the American media, which is controlled by the Jewish lobby," he said.

Findley thinks he was defeated by the Jewish lobby, and he thinks Americans are deceived by the Jewish lobby.

WorldNetDaily.com - The Jewish lobby?[/b]
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Sufferin' Prius Envy · Aug 4, 2006

OK, it will turn many of your stomachs . . . Fox News, Bill O'Reilly . . . etc, etc . . . but you really should see the August 2nd interview he did with Dan Rather – especially the part about “some (American) networks give moral equivalence to Hezbollah in the reporting of this war.” Dan Rather's comments shocked me. I mean jaw on the floor shocked!
http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/

The only reason I even bother posting this is because it is so very apropos to IsrAmeriPrius' thread, and many of you "open minded" people would have missed it otherwise. Buck up and be well informed. After all, it is Dan Rather we are talking about. You can do your Faux News dry heaves later.

dbermanmd · Aug 4, 2006

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155652073...glance&n=283155
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Do you have that next to your copy of the The Protocol of Elders in Zion?

Mirza · Aug 4, 2006

Hezbollah's morals are no worse than what the IDF's done in recent and past history.

dbermanmd · Aug 4, 2006

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Hezbollah's morals are no worse than what the IDF's done in recent and past history.
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A window opens into the thoughts of darkness

Mirza · Aug 4, 2006

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I've been waiting for this...

http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs8138

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1220505,00.html

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 4, 2006

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I've been waiting for this...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1220505,00.html
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Here are some selected excerpts from that article:

THE NATURE OF HIZBALLAH

Formed in 1982 to resist Israel's occupation of Lebanon, Hizballah established its terrorist bona fides in the 1980s by kidnapping some 50 foreigners in Lebanon, including 18 U.S. citizens, and killing two of them, notably CIA station chief William Buckley. The group's global reach was achieved perhaps in 1985 with a suspected connection to the saga of TWA Flight 847, in which hijackers shot dead a U.S. Navy diver and dumped him onto a Beirut tarmac. In 1992 Hizballah bombed the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29, and, in 1994, a Jewish cultural center there, killing 95.

It is a nasty crew. Consider what prompted Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah to arrange for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers on July 12, which is what led to the current crisis. Nasrallah says he wants Israel to release from prison Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese citizen who was part of a Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) cell that in 1979 arrived by boat in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya and invaded the apartment of the Haran family. Smadar Haran hid in the attic with her daughter Yael, 2, and was so intent on stifling the girl's crying that she accidentally suffocated the child. Meanwhile, members of the cell took Danny Haran and daughter Einat, 4, back to the shore where, realizing escape was impossible, Kuntar shot Danny in the back and drowned him, then battered Einat's head on beach rocks and smashed her skull with his rifle butt.[/b]
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Mystery Squid · Aug 4, 2006

There's a former U.S. congressman running around the world these days blaming America for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

His name is Paul Findley, and from 1961 through 1983, he served as a Republican member of the House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.

Last year, he said President Bush had it all wrong when he told the nation that we were attacked by evil and fanatical Islamic terrorists on Sept. 11. The real cause of the devastation our nation experienced that day was because of our unjustified support for the nation of Israel, he explained.

Just before Sept. 11, Findley released a book called "Silent No More," an attempt to improve the image of Islam in the United States and vilify his arch-enemy Israel. Obviously, the book didn't do very well in post-Sept. 11 America. But don't feel sorry for Findley. He seems to find enough money to travel the world and give speeches â€“ particularly in the Middle East.

Findley has never gotten over the fact that he was turned out of office because of his own somewhat fanatical support of Yasser Arafat in 1982, even while serving as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Recently, in Saudi Arabia, Findley explained the Bush administration had "overreacted" to the Sept. 11 attacks. Overreacted. He thinks most Americans don't understand the complexities of the Middle East debate because they have been hoodwinked and deceived.

"They have been misled by the American media, which is controlled by the Jewish lobby," he said.

Findley thinks he was defeated by the Jewish lobby, and he thinks Americans are deceived by the Jewish lobby.

WorldNetDaily.com - The Jewish lobby?[/b]
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There is SOME truth to this you know... Of course, he won't fall on his sword for Israel, he must thus be an anti-semitic scumbag...

It's pretty well known our support of Israel, essentially, rubs the Arabs the wrong way...

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Oh yeah, the IDF can do no wrong....

:lol:

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 6, 2006

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Honest Reporting

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 7, 2006

More:

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Reuters said that it has fired Adnan Hajj, the Lebanese photographer who submitted the image. The organization also said that it is investigating the incident.

"The photographer has denied deliberately attempting to manipulate the image, saying that he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under," said Moira Whittle, the head of public relations for Reuters.

"This represents a serious breach of Reuters' standards and we shall not be accepting or using pictures taken by him," Whittle said in a statement issued in London.

Hajj worked for Reuters as a non-staff freelance, or contributing photographer, from 1993 until 2003 and again since April 2005.

He was among several photographers from the main international news agencies whose images of a dead child being held up by a rescuer in the village of Qana, south Lebanon, after an Israeli air strike on July 30 have been challenged by blogs critical of the mainstream media's coverage of the Middle East conflict.

Haaretz - Reuters admits image of Beirut after IAF strike was doctored[/b]
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LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut.

The photograph by Adnan Hajj, which was published on news Web sites on Saturday, showed thick black smoke rising above buildings in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid in the war with the Shi'ite Islamic group Hizbollah, now in its fourth week.

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IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 7, 2006

It only gets better:

This guy uses the photos taken at the same time (some taken by other photographers) to claim they represent damage inflicted as much as two weeks apart.

Men's News Daily - Reuters And The Cloned Blown Smoke

Power Line - Reuters calls the doctor, take 2

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 7, 2006

More staged photos masquerading as news:

Extreme Makeover - Beirut Edition

Yet more Hezbollywood

Mirza · Aug 7, 2006

These don't look staged to me... they are not deceiving. There isn't anything about the photos of your last post that would indicate anything false... take the woman... the building's window setups look very similar to me... that or she's been walking around in utter shock to losing her life's possessions... and her photo taken twice by the same photographer, or by two separate photographers in the area.

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 7, 2006

Stage-Managed Massacre

dbermanmd · Aug 7, 2006

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Stage-Managed Massacre
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Are you aware of al-Reuters mea culpa today?? They admitted to aiding and abetting Hezbollah and the terrorists - and this from a company founded by the son of a Rabbi :huh:

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 7, 2006

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Are you aware of al-Reuters mea culpa today?? They admitted to aiding and abetting Hezbollah and the terrorists - and this from a company founded by the son of a Rabbi :huh:
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I posted a link to Reuters mea culpa, yesterday, in post #13 in this thread.

IsrAmeriPrius · Aug 8, 2006

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take the woman... the building's window setups look very similar to me... that or she's been walking around in utter shock to losing her life's possessions... and her photo taken twice by the same photographer, or by two separate photographers in the area.
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Excuses, excuses...

Actually, lies and exaggerations.

The two photos with the same woman, supposedly taken by two different photojournalists and distributed to the world's media, show the same building in Beirut in ruins. One of the photos says it is evidence of an attack on July 24th, and the other photo says it is evidence of an Israeli attack on August 5th. Which one is it?

It should have been easy for any news agency editor to detect the transparent rerun of the photo. There is a rather unique building located right next to the wreckage. It is clearly visible in both photos.

Since the alleged indiscriminate and widespread bombing of Beirut is the main propaganda theme of Hizbollah, the repetitive use of the same photo as evidence of multiple attacks makes Reuters a complicit pardner of the terror group's disinformation campaign.

In the other sets of photographs, the same rescue worker is posing for the cameramen at different rescue locations in different towns and villages on separate days. Can you say "staged media events"?

Just how gullible can you be?

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