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| Al-Dura: The tide is turning |
| 2008-06-23 |
| The keepers of the Al-Dura myth were caught off balance by the May 21 appellate court acquittal of Philippe Karsenty, convicted of libel by a lower court for declaring that the Al-Dura "death scene" was staged. Had they swallowed the verdict with pained silence, the affair might have dropped back into limbo. But they went public in what looked like a desperate attempt to "settle out of court" or, more exactly, settle without the court by pleading the case in friendly media - at a safe distance from judges, lawyers, and the defendant. ...Here is Enderlin's defense in a nutshell: "I'm the journalist, you're a nobody. I know everything, you know nothing. If you criticize me, it's slander." The damage already done |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Unfortunately that's probably true. I'm still waiting for them to cover the fake Ambulance-hit-by-Israeli-missile or the fake-badly-shopped-smoke stories. Or even the faked-koran-flushed-down-the-toilet story. That would take integrity and honor. The MSM can't even spell those things... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-06-23 19:40 |
| #2 Tide is turning? Nah. Do a search on Google News or Yahoo News. The only media picking up the story are Israeli or Jewish. No AP. No Reuters. No AFP. Certainly no BBC. They were all quick to get the original "Israel killed a child" story, but in this case, don't get your hopes up. There's no turning tide. The mainstream media has too much to lose by publishing a story about a biased journalist, because it hits too close to home. And proof of their bias against Israel is their reticence to pick up a story that exonerates Israel! |
| Posted by: Planetdan 2008-06-23 18:53 |
| #1 The damage already done The antisemites believed other blood libels before, this changes nothing with regard to them. But if it's being discussed, and those who fancy themselves intellectuals decide they've been made fools of by Enderlin, et al -- which they have -- the balance of power shifts even further away from the left-wing antisemites and more to the European Liberal right that swept Sarkozy, Merkel and whatsisname in Italy into power, and the world becomes a trifle saner. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-06-23 18:16 |