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To: null and void

Explain Debka - meaning “not true”?


5 posted on 08/18/2013 12:02:41 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah; null and void

Debka is in Israel, I understand it is run by people who are actually very much in the know. They are most certainly pro-Israel, but as far as news stories, they are way ahead of the MSM. Just because the MSM doesn’t pick up and never mentions many of the news stories Debka publishes, some people don’t believe Debka, but they do believe the MSM. Go, figure...


7 posted on 08/18/2013 12:06:29 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: little jeremiah

Debka doesn’t vet its stories as well as it might. Often the just means they are first to report, but it also means that frequently the news as reported in the Debka files is inaccurate.

They also, as an Israel based source, tend to very reasonably view the news through a “the whole world is out to get Israel” prism.

Just recognize those facts when evaluating Debka as a source (and keep in mind it was The National Enquirer that broke the Monica Lewinski story!).


55 posted on 08/18/2013 11:41:41 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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