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Israel demands CNN apology over attack coverage
y net ^ | 3/13/11 | Roi Simyon

Posted on 03/13/2011 5:23:24 PM PDT by Nachum

American network reporters present tendentious coverage of Saturday's gruesome murder in Itamar, question fact it was a terrorist attack. Israel's Government Press Office 'dumbfounded, astonished' Attila Somfalvi

Israel is demanding an apology from CNN over its coverage of Saturday's terrorist attack in Itamar claiming it was "tendentious and deceptive." Government Press Office director Oren Helman sent a letter to CNN's Bureau Chief Kevin Flower saying he was astonished at the network's coverage of the ruthless attack.

A CNN website report avoided describing the event as a terror attack, noting that the Israel Defense Forces consider it an act of terrorism. "Only you decided to use the term terrorist attack in quotation marks, as if this were not necessarily the case," Helman wrote. "There is a limit to the extent of objectivity regarding such a horrific deed."

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To: Nachum

During the first gulf war, I had the shortwave radio on and listened to Israeli state radio. I was shocked to hear how many stabbings of Israeli soldiers took place by Palestinians sneaking over a fence almost every night. I had been watching CNN thinking I was getting the news and realized how much they were hiding. Not once did they report any of these killings. I got angry over the things they hid happening to Israel and now I do not watch them.


21 posted on 03/13/2011 6:40:31 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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To: kittymyrib

CNN pays the Muslim version of Tokyo Rose, Christiann Amanpour. Of course, they are anti-semitic
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Dhimitude!


22 posted on 03/13/2011 6:41:22 PM PDT by photodawg
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Over at DU they are doing all they can to justify the attack and murders, even on the newborn baby.

Please post some of it.

23 posted on 03/13/2011 6:42:24 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Nachum
The only way to totally uproot the anti-Semitism at CNN is to fire every last damn one of them, right down to the front desk receptionists, and start over from scratch.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

24 posted on 03/13/2011 6:46:15 PM PDT by Viking2002 (RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!!!!)
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To: mamelukesabre
Al Jazeera is probably more balanced than CNN.

Just as Pravda is more straight forward than NBC.

25 posted on 03/13/2011 6:49:59 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Nachum
I wonder what the Israeli media said about this...


26 posted on 03/13/2011 6:57:57 PM PDT by stormer
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To: theDentist
What’s surprising is that Israel did not already know that CNN is a Palestinian propagandist.

O'Keefe needs to sting CNN... I'll bet it'd be a replay of NPR...

27 posted on 03/13/2011 6:59:49 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Over at DU they are doing all they can to justify the attack and murders, even on the newborn baby.

Is this the thread?

Palestinian kills Israeli family: reports

28 posted on 03/13/2011 6:59:56 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Nachum
Terrorist act???... Nah....

Mohamicide

29 posted on 03/13/2011 7:01:42 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: Viking2002

CNN is owned and operated by Anti-Semites who hire Anti-Semites. They will never change.

To put a stop to it, the station needs to go under. The way to do that is to form a highly visible boycott of all their advertisers, and keep it going until they go under from loss of ad revenues or change their tune.

This has worked before with city newspapers, it can work with broadcast, too.


30 posted on 03/13/2011 7:08:37 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Doe Eyes

Wow. At least one DUmmie basically equated what the palestinian vermin did with when the IDF takes out rocket sites in palestine. Wow.

To be fair, another DUmmie did shred the dolt.


31 posted on 03/13/2011 7:10:23 PM PDT by piytar (Godwin's rule is null and void. If you don't know what I mean, you aren't paying attention...)
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To: stormer

The Israelis said as much about that ship as the U.S. said about this one...

http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/stlouis.htm


32 posted on 03/13/2011 7:55:52 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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33 posted on 03/14/2011 5:52:34 AM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: Nachum
I hate to come to defense of CNN in any case, but I have a couple of dumb questions:

1. Was anyone apprehended for this slaughter?

2. Has anyone claimed responsibility for it?

In the absence of any information about either of these, I find myself wondering what all the facts of this sad tale are. We have had several murder cases like this here in the U.S. over the last few years, and none of them were ever called "terrorism."

If the Israeli government has some information about this case that they haven't released (perhaps for good reason), then they have no business criticizing a foreign media outlet over the terms used to describe it.

34 posted on 03/14/2011 7:05:43 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: Alberta's Child

1. No one was apprehended yet

2. The Al Ahksa Marters Brigade claimed responsibility (terror group)


35 posted on 03/14/2011 8:09:43 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: stormer

You can pick the Jews or you can pick the Muzzies. You picked the Muzzies so you might as well run off and worship the same false god and false prophet


36 posted on 03/14/2011 9:18:23 AM PDT by dennisw ( The early bird catches the worm)
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To: Nachum

A cable network that some claim conveys news is alleging that it is objective about the murder of three children and their parents. More likely, it is merely indifferent to such heinous acts when they happen to Jews, and hasn’t the decency to say so.


37 posted on 03/14/2011 9:58:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Doe Eyes

This one also. They moved it away from their late breaking news. Must go de-contaminate myself.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x345180


38 posted on 03/14/2011 1:49:53 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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