CNN asks, “Israel a rogue state?”

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It’s from CNN International. Don’t worry, US audiences weren’t forced to grapple with such thought provoking reporting.

h/t to Pulse

About Adam Horowitz

Adam Horowitz is Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
Posted in Israel/Palestine

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  1. James says:
    December 1, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    chicken shit international hey?

  2. MRW says:
    December 2, 2009 at 12:05 am

    Adam, Phil, did you notice this in HuffPo:

    “Thomas Friedman — Hasbara GrandMaster Or Elitist Dupe?” by Sharmine Narwani
    link to huffingtonpost.com

    • MRW says:
      December 2, 2009 at 7:59 am

      That phucking putz (Friedman) was just on the Imus show pontificating that Obama gave a speech about nation-building in Afghanistan, and that he didn’t agree with Obama; he thought we should nation-build at home.

      Of course, here is what Obama actually said last night: “That is why our troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open-ended – because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own.”

      But the best part was this smug bastard admitted before he started talking to Imus that he didn’t read or hear the speech, but that’s the topic of his column today. He said he got the gist of it yesterday at the White House over lunch with Obama and a select group of reporters. He told Imus he picked up enough over lunch to write his column today.

  3. bob says:
    December 2, 2009 at 12:37 am

    People in North Africa I talked to had no idea that CNN international wasn’t the same CNN shown in America. They watch that CNN, and wonder what I mean by how many Americans are completely ignorant of the problems with illegal settlers, Gaza, and the Israel/Palestine conflict. This is another anecdote I’ll recall to describe this in a juxtaposition with AIPAC Wolf Blitzer’s running commentary.

  4. Citizen says:
    December 2, 2009 at 2:22 am

    It seems from this article that Jewish American media leaders think CNN Intl coverage of the I-P conflict is a simple business decision geared to satisfy the giant Arab TV market, and our local CNN coverage unfairly depicts Israel as equally culpable as the Palestinian terrorists:

    link to jewishfederations.org

    Apparently Wolf Blitzer feels he has to take trips to Israel to broadcast there and properly narrate and depict breaking I-P news events or specials because he actually thinks he can’t tell the truth locally that it’s all the Palestinians’ fault.

    Talk about a media leadership with a huge mote in its eye–could it be any bigger?
    .

  5. Richard Witty says:
    December 2, 2009 at 4:43 am

    Strong voices for reform, not for a single state.

  6. DICKERSON3870 says:
    December 2, 2009 at 5:28 am

    RE: “It’s from CNN International. Don’t worry, US audiences weren’t forced to grapple with such thought provoking reporting.” – Adam Horowitz

    MY COMMENT: I read somewhere recently that newspapers in the U.S. are written so as to be suitable for reading by an eighth grader. Such is the level of education and reading comprehension here in der Heimatland (the Homeland).

    • MRW says:
      December 2, 2009 at 7:50 am

      And the tech docs for the Stealth and other high-end bombers are written for a fourth-grade level, which is a good thing and not indicative of education and reading comprehension. [Actually, I think the Stealth uses comic books.]

      Microsoft Word includes two widely-respected readability tools, the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease test and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test.

      Reading-Ease. High scores in the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease test indicate easy-to-read passages. Low scores indicate hard-to-read text.

      Grade Level. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test indicates the number of years of education generally needed to understand the text. Low scores indicate easy-to-read text; higher grade levels indicate fewer potential readers.

      For really clear writing, you want a high Ease score, and a low Grade Level score. (Aim for under 10 words per sentence.) To find the tools in Word: select Tools, Spelling and Grammar, and Options. When the Options dialog box appears, click the radio button next to Show Readability. Enjoy.

      Of course, this doesn’t apply to fiction.

    • Chaos4700 says:
      December 2, 2009 at 10:28 am

      Sixth grade, actually, from what I recall being taught. And even then we aren’t talking about sourcing and bibliography, merely grammar and vocabulary.

  7. America First says:
    December 2, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Looks like Jews will be declaring Europe a rogue continent:

    EU Palestine move enrages Israelis

    link to independent.co.uk

  8. Rehmat says:
    December 2, 2009 at 9:25 am

    Well – many of us know CNN’s definition of a “rogue state”. However, some scholars have defined Israelas:

    “When you read the history of Israel from objective sources, you discover that it is an outlaw state, created by the powers that be by stealing the land from its original inhabitants, and systematically exterminating them ever since.” —John Kaminski

    “Israel, a nation spiritually guided by suicidal biblical and historical narratives such as Samson and Masada,” – Gilad Atzmon

    link to rehmat1.wordpress.com

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