In case you have not heard (in other words if you watch American Media) Irael bombed Media offices of several networks..
including RT. Then instead of apologizing the spokesperson of the Prime Minister of Israel sent the RT offices telling them if they don't air pro Israel coverage they are fair game. Why is this war crime not even covered in Western media and should every journalist who says something Israel doesn't have to worry about getting blown up? So much for freedom of press or free speech.
9 Answers to "In case you have not heard (in other words if you watch American Media) Irael bombed Media offices of several networks.."
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The Zionists own the western media. For my news I watch RT and TRNN.
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I get my news from RT myself and is the only reason I ever heard about this.
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me too, I watch Al-Jazeera as wellLike (1)
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Any dissenting voice is a legitimate target for the zionists in the propaganda war.
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Sad but it would seem to be the case.
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"The first fact left out by The Times was that the western media had left the area a week ago, so the IDF didn’t target “the media” as The Times uncritically allowed the Hamas operative to claim.
Secondly, The New York Times somehow forgot to mention that the buildings that were hit also housed the base of four high profile terror leaders, all four of whom were killed in the strike.
Killed that day was Islamic Jihad senior commander Ramiz Harb. Also eliminated was Bahu al-Ata and Hallil Bahatini, two Islamic Jihad commanders who were in charge of the rocket barrage launched against Israel, and Taysir Jabari, a terror commander responsible for multiple attacks on Israel.
Last weekend, for instance, Palestinian propagandists and gullible western media outlets touted the death of 4-year-old Mahmoud Sadallah, supposedly killed by Israeli rockets. But it turns out that the child was actually killed by a Palestinian rocket launch that went awry falling on its own people instead of soaring into Israel killing Israeli women and children. Naturally, the truth was pushed to the back pages."Like (2)
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If that is true why did the spokesman for the Israeli PM claim nobody was killed in the strike and the only reason for the strike was to damage the Antennas to silence them and the IDF openly admitted they knew full well that there were journalists inside. The injured 8 journalists including blowing one journalist's leg clean off. If the Israeli government is saying they killed some militants and there were no casualties at the same time something is a bit off? Especially when the aid to the PM sends an email to the RT office in Moscow saying they deserved it and if they don't change their coverage they are fair game. Look a little deeper.
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They took over a Hamas propaganda air wave and told them that they were going to attack the base, warning the people. They are unapologetic because those injured were already warned to leave and they didn't. Perhaps when they claimed there were no "casualties" they meant civilian casualties. Not sure about that e-mail, would have to look into it more, sounds like BS.
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**** Israel
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WOW. What an intelligent answer. Are you on crack or crystal, whatever, go back to your pipe.
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Ad hominem attacks like that show even less maturity and a complete waste of intellect. Pot meet kettle.
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Saw it on BBC. They bombed where foriegne journilists gathered
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Well kudos to the BBC for growing a spine.
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The Brits are beginning to report much differently these days. It takes a while to tell people all about whats going on and not just some of whats going on
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I'd suggest that the various media tell the Hamas not to shoot rockets from next door or the roof of their offices and/or not take advantage of sheltering thier men in the same building.
Its about time the same media show the real picture of how the Hamas have no red line of using ANY kind of civillian human shield, whether it innocent families, hospitals, schools or .... media office building.Like (1)
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I figured someone would jump in to justify yet another war crime by Israel. I swear some people have permanent blinders on. Do some research. Even israel does not claim that there were militants in the building and readily admit they were deliberately bombing journalists. The Israeli government does not need your help making up excuses for their actions.
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Hamas will know that their situation is better served by live reporters than dead ones. Do you have specific instances of media offices being used as 'shields'?Like (1)
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it's all propaganda now and news has turned into entertainment. theres no more indepth reporting or investigtive journalism. i called into a radio show they were doing on weather and global warming- they had a guy on who studied climate change for the last 20 years i asked what he thought about chemtrails and if it was affecting the weather. i was rushed off the air so quick my head spun- he changed the subject didn't answer the question and I was hung up on! Now if they really wanted accurate reports wouldn't they have WANTED this specialist to answer the question?
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Sad but true for the most part. I don't buy the chemtrails thing based on my own research but it certainly does not mean you don't have the right to question things. That was definitely not handled well.
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does any of that surprise you?
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The bombing, not at all. The media blackout this side of the Atlantic does. I did not realize a country halfway around the world could dictate media coverage here.
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Posted by englishsteve 1 Nov 25th, 2012 at 6:10AM
The first instance of a media-bombing strategy I can recall occurred at the Palestine Hotel, Baghdad, 2003, when a US tank drew up and fired into the 14th floor to destroy al-Jazeera facilities. Reuters and Spanish tv cameramen were amongst the fatalities. The hotel was well-known as a centre for international media personnel. The same 'shoot the messenger' policy seemed to be at work when another Reuters crew were machine-gunned in the street by an Apache helicopter. If the strategy is to simply terrorise independent media off the Baghdad - or Gaza - streets it hasn't worked yet: there will always be journalists with far more courage than the crews of that tank and helicopter.
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Reply by DreamsForTheFuture Nov 25th, 2012 at 6:13AM
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