Posted on 04/07/2006 2:25:14 PM PDT by jmc1969
The U.S. Senate voted Friday to confirm a new Pentagon spokesman. Senators approved the nomination of Dorrance Smith, a former ABC News producer, to be assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. The vote was 59-34. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., had held up the nomination because of an opinion article in which Smith accused U.S. television networks of helping terrorists through their partnerships with Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
In a column in the Wall Street Journal, Smith cited “the ongoing relationship between terrorists, al-Jazeera and the networks….Isn't it time to scrutinize the relationship among al-Jazeera, American networks and the terrorists? What role should the U.S. government be playing?
“Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and al Qaeda have a partner in al-Jazeera and, by extension, most networks in the U.S. This partnership is a powerful tool for the terrorists in the war in Iraq. Figures show that 77% of Iraqis cite TV as their main source of information; 15% cite newspapers….
“In addition to being subsidized by Qatar, Al-Jazeera has very strong partners in the U.S.--ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN and MSNBC. Video aired by Al-Jazeera ends up on these networks, sometimes within minutes.
“The arrangement between the U.S. networks and Al-Jazeera raises questions of journalistic ethics. Do the U.S. networks know the terms of the relationship that Al-Jazeera has with the terrorists? Do they want to know?
“There has been no in-depth reporting about Al-Jazeera in the U.S. and virtually no scrutiny of Qatar and its relationship with the network. Why not? Is it that the American networks don't want to give up their tainted video? And since they all get the same material and all air it at the same time, do they feel a certain safety being in bed together?”
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Levin evidently wants to help the networks help the enemy.
Carl Levin: buddy of Al Jazeera, just like his pal Dick Turban.
"... a year after he dared say the truth..."
Levin and Durbin, like most of the vicious Demagogues, care far more about protecting terrorists and terrorist-enablers than about protecting Americans. These depraved charlatans need to be thoroughly exposed, but of course the MSM is in bed with them, too!
Why does the Senate hold confirmation power over a freaking SPOKESMAN for the DoD, anyway?
Ping
Why is Al Jazeera still on the air ?
You've got me! That's just what I wanted to know!
Levin IS the enemy.
Well. We shall see what this guy can do, to bolster the Pentagon's image with the L/MSM. Hope he is not a double crosser.
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To allow the MSM to better control the flow of information to the public, perhaps?
It must take tweezers to wrap something that small.
Tnanks for the effort. But I cannot get the video to download, and play. I have a slow 56k dial up line, and often video clips are murder at best.
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