CNN lets Palestinian propagandist pose as "journalist"

[jraven]

I just turned off CNN with absolute revulsion. Their anchor had cut to an "eyewitness" in Bethlahem, an American sounding person who said he was a "journalist" representing some news service I never heard of. He said he was there out of a sense of duty to tell the world how the Palestians are suffering. The anchor did not (totally) ignore her duty. She pointed out that there are two sides to everything...and that in fact as they spoke there was a gunfight with Palestinians firing guns and catching civilians in the cross fire. This phoney "journalist/eyewitness" said that he realized of course there was strong Palestinian "resistance" (a word that implies they are resisting oppression versus possibly resisting a police action to halt brain-washed youths from blowing up women and children in cafes) I was so absolutely disgusted on CNN allowing this blatant propagandist a platform with such light-weight counter questions that I switched to FOX...something I do more and more I find. There is NO WAY a FOX or most journalist from the networks would have let this guy pass himself off as a mere "journalist" or "eyewitness." Sounds like an American working with them , or someone who has been educated here. Anyone else see this example of how far our journalist standards have fallen???

[log_cabin_gop_boy]

Let's see now. Pro-Israeli and fair and balanced. How do you do that?

Okay, I am being a little sarcastic but from the tenor of some posts in this thread several people have criticized CNN and only CNN for presenting a Palestinian viewpoint.

[timestax]

Seems like there must be some kind of law against this. A person/news station can't just get away with passing off a non-reporter as a reporter. Can I try it without any legal ramifications??!!

[Letitring]

AMEN.

[Ben Bolt]

I figured as much but the truth is , I have yet to find a media source that does not promote there own agenda . Perhaps initially they wont because its all about ratings . But once thats done , out comes the real composition of the company and the personnal .

[Catspaw]

That's not the point, wiseguy.

If it's not the point, why did YOU make a point of listing JOOS in influential positions in the administration? You can't have it both ways.

[Seti 1]

What, exactly, has Danial Pipes said that is misleading or not true?

Just last night he said repeatedly that he is not pro-Israel, just pro-America. LOL

[Itzlzha]

So, in conclusion...all of Islam needs to be put to the torch again! This is the blatantly obvious solution to a HUGE percentage of the world's problems, and I for one can't wait for that day!

I think your final statement summarizes your views very nicely. You might call it the "Final Solution".

And I believe your Brown-Shirt is showing!

Whassamatter? Turnabout not fair-play? At least the IDF isn't marching them off to "secret locations"! Unlike your heroes, who sided with those who did about 60 years ago?

Oh, BTW...nice job AVOIDING my questions...can't answer them?
No guts unless you have a child in your sights?

Loser.

[BrooklynGOP]

Yep, I caught that. What was even more disquasting was that after he hung up she said "Well, that's one side of the story, we are going to get a word from the other side - member of the Arab league". The OTHER SIDE?!?!

[Seti 1]

And you have been using that fist for the wrong purposes.

[gridlock]

When you can grab the pebble from my hand.... it will be time for you to go, Grasshopper.

[log_cabin_gop_boy]

The only agenda any media outlet promotes is profit. If that means that they must give us a sanitized version of events then that is what we will receive. Both CNN and Fox have their weakness but what sticks with me most is a Sunday night last July. I turned to Fox and there was a feature about Gary Condit and I turned to CNN and there was a feature on the Taliban. Now, what story do you think was more relevant in July 2001 Condit or the Taliban?

[Seti 1]

At least the IDF isn't marching them off to "secret locations"!

Actually there are concentration camps in the desert where several thousand Palestinians are detained, many without being charged, just suspected. And Israel remains one of the very few modern countries which officially condones torture.

I thought your questions were red herrings, not worth response.

[eleni121]

So, in conclusion...all of Islam needs to be put to the torch again!

I concur with everything but the word again.

Muslims have never never been torched or plundered or brutalized by the west. In fact, they are the ones who have always used imperialistic ideological aggression against the west, killing Christians by the millions! The West has simply defended and responded.

[Blood of Tyrants]

CNN, commonly called the Communist News Network is a propaganda channel run by the notorious socialist Ted Turner. Their typical tactic is to ignore any news that would actually tell the truth in favor of inventing news for the purpose of indoctrinating the public.

Lately, their ratings have dropped significantly because the people are starting to wise up. To boost their ratings they have decided to rerun clips of the Jerry Springer Show during commercials.

[Ben Bolt]

Profit is not a dirty word if its achievement is done with ethics but that will never be the case with the media , with the probable exception to mom and pop operations . I will speak only for my wife and I , we both thought the Taliban was a bigger story . From my view it still is . In fact , I believe it was Summer who 1st made me aware of them . Why do you ask ?

[The Electrician]

It's a good bet that you didn't come up with this list of Jews off the top of your head. Where did you obtain this list from?

And do you also have lists of Jewish ownership of newspapers or other lists of prominent Jews? Why?

[lavaroise]

the more revolution and horrifying ad hoc definitions from talk heads, the more incitement to warfare and poverty, all leading to the victory of the proletarian. The media are serious sedition inciters, they just love it too much to make hatred even worse between two different bodies of opposing views.

This is the typical crap we see when there are riots in the US too.

[LouD]

You Israel-First types never get enough. There is a Palestinian side to the conflict although one would never know it from the US media.

Yes, there is a Palestinian side to the war in Israel. There is also a raghead side to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Both are wrong - Unless of course you believe an organization which encourages children to blow themselves up, while killing as many innocent non-combatants, women, and children as possible, is morally justified.

Barak offered Arafat virtually everything Arafat wanted, with some small, reasonable concessions to Israeli security. Arafat responded by sending children to murder civilians.

I am, by and large, no fan of Israel, but in this case they are right, and the Palestinians are wrong, and anyone with a sense of morality can understand that. Of course, that excludes most of the Arab world.