You make some excellent points about media hypocrisy.
Ah good old mediocrates at his best. Shame you missed his comment of "I laugh at Lebanese deaths". Anyway, I was a little involved in that discussion, but apparently I got banned. Anyone know how I go about reversing that, or at least finding out why?
Titus, it happens to almost everyone, (sooner or later) who voices critical opinions.
I don't think you'll be able to reverse it, and they rarely tell users that they are about to be, or have been, banned, or why exactly. I think it happens by a kind of group concensus. They find your opinions getting a little hard to combat, and zap! I'd noticed your contributions - good work. I'm actually surprised you lasted as long as you did.
You have to remember that IsraelForum is essentially a pro-Israel propagnada exercise. A little dissenting opinion is OK, but too much might undermine the message and induce some undesirable critical thinking.
ICRC NEWS LINK IS DOWN
Hi Michael, great work, discourse is the basic making of either good or evil, to track down lies and manipulation is a must in the way for effective resistance...
I have just read the post The Anti-Semitic ICRC (Saturday, 8 am). It's Sunday 11 pm in South America, don't know down there, but the link for the ICRC site is broken...
I have come accross other such broken links. Even in the site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the news piece on Human Rights Council resolution that condemned the atack on Lebanon was broken for half day the very same day they published it...
Cheers.
Amaro,
Thanks, the link is fixed. They must change the URL when archiving stories.
You're right that exposing the lies and manipulations are important. But we also need to be positve and put forward our case.
OK thanks Michael. Don't worry, I will still be around posting incognito.
Good luck!
Well that was fast. It seems I'm gone again.
Titus,
IP address check, or you just said something too near the truth.
No it wasn't an IP check. I have a dynamic IP which I make sure to reset before making a new account. I also ensured that all my details, name, d.o.b., email and password were all different.
I created a temporary account to enquire about it, but all my posts got purged when I asked about why I was banned. Needless to say that account was also banned.
I may keep trying, but not too much longer. Best of luck Michael and keep up the good work.
Exposing the truth?
Here you are:
One of the most serious accusations leveled against Israel during the recent Lebanon conflict was that the IDF had deliberately targeted Red Cross ambulances. According to an AP report on July 24, Israeli jets blasted two Lebanese ambulances with rockets on the previous day, striking right in the middle of the red cross that was painted on top of the ambulance in a clear violation of humanitarian and international law. Six ambulance workers and three civilians were wounded. Amateur video provided by an ambulance worker showed one large hole and several smaller ones in the roof of one ambulance and a large hole in the roof of the second. Both were destroyed.
In the coming days, other international media outlets reported this story with considerable embellishments, including ITV News (click to see video), Time Magazine, the Guardian, Boston Globe, The Age, NBC News and, finally, the New York Times, some six days later.
The following claims that appeared in the media are comprehensively debunked in a damning report by the Zombietime blog (HonestReporting recommends reading the full text):
An Israeli missile pierced the exact center of the red cross on the roof of the ambulance in the first photo above.
The attack happened on July 23.
There was a huge explosion inside the ambulance.
There was an intense fire inside that same ambulance.
A man lying on a gurney inside the ambulance had his leg sheared off by the missile.
The ambulance driver who reported the incident was injured in the attack.
The Lebanese ambulance drivers are politically neutral and would have no motivation to lie.
The report, using photographic evidence, finds that each of these claims spread by the international media is, in fact, false.
HonestReporting commends Fox News (click to see video), the only media outlet to cover this story of an apparent anti-Israel hoax. Fox states that comparisons of different photos of the vehicle in question and similar vehicles indicate that the hole in the roof had been there all along, previously filled by a vent. In addition, a comparison between a number of pictures of the ambulance show considerable rust around apparent bullet holes, indicating that whatever damage had been done to it occurred long before the recent conflict.
(To express your appreciation for Fox News' coverage, e-mail presenter Brit Hume - special@foxnews.com.)
Zombietime offers a possible explanation for what really happened, speculating that two previously damaged and rusting ambulances were intentionally further damaged, amateur video footage was taken of the ambulances and Red Cross workers feigned minor injuries, claiming that their ambulances had been attacked by Israeli missiles. Despite journalists' reliance on pre-packaged footage and no proof that the other "victims" of the attack in the hospital were actually from the alleged incident, the Western press broadcast the story as fact without properly verifying such serious charges.
Why has the mainstream media not reported this hoax and admitted its mistake? HonestReporting calls upon its subscribers to contact the following media outlets and ask them the same question.
"Why has the mainstream media not reported this hoax and admitted its mistake?" - SJK
Because it's a load of s***, dished up for the benefit of the credulous.
Actually, the press finally did come out and apologize.
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