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| Hezbollah-Linked Network Ordered to Comply |
| 2004-08-21 |
| France's highest administrative body on Friday ordered a Lebanese TV network linked to the anti-Israel group Hezbollah to adhere to broadcast regulations or face being banned from French airwaves. The Council of State said a decision rests with France's media watchdog, the CSA, about whether to give Al-Manar network a license it needs to beam programs through a Paris-based satellite broadcaster. The CSA had taken legal action to try to force Al-Manar to halt broadcasts through the satellite operator Eutelsat after Jewish groups complained the network had aired an anti-Semitic series. The council decision means the door remains open for Al-Manar to show that it will follow French law. If the agency ultimately rejects the newtwork, Eutelsat will be forced to stop transmitting the network's programs. The 29-part series, "Al-Shatat," was produced in Syria and broadcast throughout the Middle East by Hezbollah. Based on "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," it depicts among other scenes the killing of a Christian child on the orders of a rabbi so the blood can be baked into matzos for Passover. An Al-Manar lawyer on Thursday acknowledged the broadcast was unfortunate. "Al-Manar broadcast a series that everyone recognizes was of an inadmissible nature," said attorney Denis Garreau. But Lebanon's Foreign Ministry has defended the network, saying the station's programs condemn the policies of Israeli governments but are not racist or critical of Jews or their faith. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 2) their fakeness had been well known throughout the modern world for many decades, Another late night Lucky fan! Read Lucky and learn! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-21 2:23:44 PM |
| #6 Mike - Doco? A real one? Not a Michael Moore Bomb-Thrower Phantasy Hit Piece? Look, Mike, baby... We'll do lunch, K? I'll have mine call yours... Your heart's in the right place. The truth would work like a champ in the blogosphere - but it wouldn't play well in the theatres or on cable, heh -- too wordy, even with Ben Affleck delivering the lines... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-21 11:22:47 AM |
| #5 Re: #1: have them write some indescribably insane weird shit about anti-Jewish people A more effective response would be to make a documentary showing that 1) the Protocols are fake, 2) their fakeness had been well known throughout the modern world for many decades, 3) Moslems nevertheless believe they are true, 4) this is an indication that Moslem culture is abysmal 5) similar indications are Moslem beliefs that Mohammed was Allan's prophet and that Israel organized the 9/11 attacks. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-21 11:06:07 AM |
| #4 I'd prefer source guided missiles targeted on the video uplink sites and relays. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-21 2:07:59 AM |
| #3 So you're not Hollyweird material. That's a serious mofo compliment, heh! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-21 1:00:59 AM |
| #2 There's only one problem with this, .com: The worst things I could possibly think up to say about them, they're already doing. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-08-21 12:54:34 AM |
| #1 Israel, or any Jewish group who are just fed up, ought to hire some Hollyweird hacks (they may have political "views", but for money, heh, well...) and have them write some indescribably insane weird shit about anti-Jewish people. Cut it from the same fabric as the idiotic Protocols - logic has nothing to do with it. Then pump it out on every satellite channel you can rent. Rinse (seriously, rinse). Repeat. Since Arabs are semites, the whole confabulation of hatred gets confused. Gotta be a golden seam in there worthy of mining for drive-them-insane propaganda value. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-21 12:46:28 AM |