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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
From: Honest Reporting
To: simshalom@att.net
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:15:10 -0700
HonestReporting Communique
25 August 2003
"SPURIOUS STATEMENTS"
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Dear HonestReporting Subscriber,
Journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict aim to provide readers
with a balanced picture by quoting official statements from both sides.
But with Palestinian spokesmen issuing increasingly disingenuous and mendacious
statements, HonestReporting asks: Do all official statements merit uncritical
coverage? When spokespeople utter statements that directly contradict
established facts, hasn't a news outlet that amplifies such statements stopped
reporting "balanced" news, and crossed the line into disseminating lies and
propaganda?
A recent case in point: After the IDF killed Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab on
Thursday (Aug. 21), a Hamas spokesman announced to reporters: "The Zionist enemy
has assassinated the truce," so therefore "we consider ourselves no longer bound
by this cease-fire."
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/mid22_20030822.htm
It truly stretches the mind to imagine how last Tuesday's horrific bus bombing
in Jerusalem -- perpetrated by a Hamas terrorist -- fits any definition of an
ongoing cease-fire.
http://www.honestreporting.com/a/r/561.asp
Even before the Jerusalem bus bombing, there was no shortage of bloody terror
from Hamas, which claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Ariel two
weeks ago
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1263571.htm
Additionally,
the IDF has reported no less than 300 terror attacks throughout Gaza, the West
Bank, and Israel proper since the beginning of the supposed "cease-fire." A
telling graphic, illustrating these attacks by daily occurrence, is available on
the IDF website.
http://www.idf.il/daily_statistics/english/4.gif
One TV reporter, Michael Holmes from CNN, did provide due comment on Hamas'
spurious claim on Thursday: "Hamas called CNN's Gaza office and said that the
cease-fire was over…if you were near West Jerusalem the other night, you would
wonder what sort of cease-fire was it in the first place anyway."
http://www.honestreporting.com/a/r/565.asp
Yet many other media outlets felt compelled to report the Hamas spokesman's
statement as fact:
-- The Chicago Tribune headlined its Aug. 22 report: "Hamas Abandons Truce After
Israel Kills Leader."
http://www.honestreporting.com/a/r/562.asp
Comments to Chicago Tribune: publiceditor@tribune.com
-- The LA Times headlined: "Truce Ended After Israeli Airstrike"
http://www.honestreporting.com/a/r/563.asp
Comments to LA Times: letters@latimes.com
-- The (London) Independent stated: "Palestinian militant groups suspended their
two-month-old ceasefire last night after Israel assassinated a Hamas leader in
Gaza and sent tanks and infantry back into West Bank cities."
http://www.honestreporting.com/a/r/564.asp
Comments to Independent: feedback@inuk.co.uk
By disseminating the Hamas statement while omitting contradictory facts, news
outlets provide a mouthpiece for terrorists to brazenly deny their murderous
acts, and falsely frame Israel as the "anti-peace" force in the conflict.
Thank you for your ongoing involvement in the battle against media bias.
HonestReporting.com
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