PBS Just Quoted DEBKAfile as a 'Credible' Intelligence Source for Gulf War News

PBS/NPR ^ | January 22, 2003 | Various Liberal Radio Wackos Nina Totenberg etc.

[ewing]

I was flipping the radio dial changing channels and almost fell out of my chair when I heard this!

So is this the kiss of death for their credibility with their 'seal of approval?'

[ewing]

So that is why the PBS liberals are so wrong all the time, the get the gospel from Debka..

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[mhking]

DEBKA? Huh? How long before Nina Totenberg and Bob Edwards break out the tea leaves & the Ouija board?

[ewing]

LOL! The ascendance of FOX News must be hitting them especially hard..

[gaijin]

This is outrageous.

Let's hope these journalists checked their facts with Miss Cleo before running this....

[ewing]

PBS is desperate to get listeners and viewers any way they can, now I guess they are going to the Ouiji board..

[Blood of Tyrants]

Next month their "reliable source" will be Nina's friend's uncle's brother-in-law who once worked with a guy who was in a prison cell with someone who claimed to have been a room mate with one of Saddam's body guards at summer camp.

[tallhappy]

Here are Debka's current headlines. Which are not credible?

HEADLINES

Bush again warns Iraqi military of war crimes prosecution if they use chemical or biological weapons in the event of attack

US President brushed off demands from UN Security Council members like France and Germany for more time for UN arms inspections

Approval rating in America for war and Bush’s handling of Iraq crisis slips 8 points to 50 percent

Number of suspected Kuwaiti al Qaeda terrorists detained Wednesday one day after ambush killed one American, wounded another, on road out of US Camp Doha in emirate. Traffic monitoring cameras may have recorded attack

16:00 IT: Iraq claims to have shot down an unmanned US Predator spy plane coming from Kuwait

Palestinian official says Cairo conference is back on track, postponed from Wednesday to Thursday, after Egypt bowed to Hamas-Jihad Islami ultimatum to invite PFLP-GC leader Jibril

DEBKAfile: Jibril, controlled by Tehran, hitherto banned in Egypt. His invitation to Cairo on heels of pro-Iraqi terrorist Abul Abbas would turn conference from ceasefire agenda to terror escalation

Jordan will not take part in military action against Iraq, nor permit use of its land and airspace for such purpose – even following UN resolution – PM Abul Ragheb to Saudi daily Okaz

Read earlier DEBKAfile story below: Are Two of Three US Anti-Iraq Warfronts Buckling?



DEBKAfile runs second part of exclusive DEBKA-Net-Weekly interview with Jassem Abdullah, until four months close bodyguard to Saddam Hussein. More below

Jassem Abdullah points to three forbidden weapons hideouts – in mobile bunkers under desert sands, under main thoroughfares in Baghdad and in Tikrit Hawalah district

Exclusive interview was obtained in Amman last week. DEBKAfile ran first part Monday

Six days before Israeli national elections, police investigate Labor leader Mitzna on suspicion of bribe-taking from Haifa contractor in form of campaign premises for building licenses. Three Likud central committee members questioned on suspicion of threats and graft in party primary

Some 3000 environmental monitoring stations around America to be fitted with new filters as early warning against biological agents like anthrax, smallpox or other deadly germs

Switzerland details 2000 troops to protect 1000 of world’s political and business elite from terrorists and protesters, when World Economic Forum opens at chic ski resort of Davos Thursday.

Unauthorized flights entering no-fly zone over Alpine get-together will be shot down, as Colin Powell, Bill Gates, new Turkish leaders Gul and Erdogan, Russian business executives, Brazilian President Lula, hobnob behind unprecedented security cordon

Last Updated on January 22, 2003, 9:40 PM (GMT+02:00)

[fourdeuce82d]

Here are Debka's current headlines. Which are not credible?

None of those...I did find the news about chinese divisions massing in Jordan a bit rich.

[steplock]

from wired.com:

That slant, combined with Debkafile's breakneck pace ­-- its eight-person staff updates the site as often as 5 or 6 times per day with terse, one-line tips and sparse news briefs -- means it often airs unfounded, inaccurate rumors while breaking legitimate news.

Well...that would make its level of accuracy near Drudges, no? Maybe even better since Matt seems to be cowtowing to the hollywood elites with all his movie/music/actors news.

If we quit listening to those idiots, they'll go back to being nothing celluloid figments of an imagination.

[tallhappy]

I did find the news about chinese divisions massing in Jordan a bit rich.

When was this and where?

[Dog Gone]

Even worse, Debka probably thinks PBS is a credible source.

[John H K]

90% of those headlines AREN'T "DEBKA" stories; they're just ripped from breaking wire service stories.

It's the DEBKA original stuff, their "exclusive interviews" etc. that is BS.

As a rule, if you see something at DEBKA and no where else, it's crap.

DEBKA mixes in actual news they rip off from legitimate sources, that is true, with their fabricated crap to cause the not-so-bright to say "See! This is on DEBKA's site and it's true! So everything at DEKBA is true!"

[John H K]

None of those...I did find the news about chinese divisions massing in Jordan a bit rich.

I thought the Chinese divisions were massing in Panama, per World Net Daily? Surprised they have any troops left over after putting those 600,000 troops in the Sudan :-)

[fourdeuce82d]

I did find the news about chinese divisions massing in Jordan a bit rich.

When was this and where?

Can't recall dates- 18+ months ago? Before 911? For a while people were posting outlandish stuff from DEBKA as a joke-at the time it was equivalent to Rense.com. Haven't seen any of their recent stuff.

[RoughDobermann]

Not sure about the Chinese forces in Jordan one. How about Chinese forces in Afghanistan?

[tallhappy]

Your comments are well taken and, to my mind, obvious.

Still, it is an exageration and seems to be too emotionally based.

It's the DEBKA original stuff, their "exclusive interviews" etc. that is BS.

Not always. And, no matter what, they are interesting (although, I don't read them all. I am referring to things I've read).

As a rule, if you see something at DEBKA and no where else, it's crap.

This is not always born out. Often Debka is first and that's why it's not anywhere else. Often I'm tempted to begin a vanity post like this one saying -- "look, Debka was right".

The emotional nature of the anti-Debka gang is too much. It's irrational. I think there are other issues involved in their visceral reactions and irrational observations than just inaccuracy.

[Constitution Day]

Don't forget the Magic 8-Ball™.

[SunStar]

Debka seems quite credible to me. However, they have a 100% pro-Israel bias. If that means they aren't credible, then I guess Fox News isn't credible because they are 100% pro-America.