Re: I don't know if it's true, but...

Hi

replyThanks, Kit for bringing us all back to our senses.

Anne

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Kitt Bradley wrote:

>
> Please, don't use the filk list to fight this particular political battle?!
> Things are upset enough as it is.
>
> Thanks, Kitt Bradley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Filksinger" <filksinger at earthling.net>
> To: <filk at dragoncat.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:09 AM
> Subject: RE: I don't know if it's true, but...
>
>
> > From: Gary Ehrlich
> >
> > > Michelle Hansard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Reposted from a list elsewhere:
> > > > ----
> > > > >From http://www.jerusalem-times.net/news/n1.htm
> > >
> > > This is an English version of a Palestinian newspaper. I would take any
> > > articles of this nature as total fabrications, unless the accounts can
> > > be corroborated by a reliable, unbiased source.
> >
> > Of course. Palestinian news articles are unreliable and should be treated
> as
> > "total fabrications", but we accept _Israeli_ reports without comment.
> >
> > Now, I'm not saying the Jerusalem Times isn't biased. Nor am I saying we
> > should accept this account on the surface. But just because it is a
> > Palestinian paper is no reason to just reject it as "total fabrication".
> >
> > Ever compare Palestinian reports with Israeli reports of this area? Try
> it,
> > preferably with news articles from before the 11th. It is an interesting
> > lesson in bias in reporting, and the Israeli bias is every bit as bad as
> the
> > Palestinian.
> >
> > The real eye-opener is when you compare US news sources with both. Our
> news
> > says, "Israeli civilians clash with Palestinian nationals, two dead."
> > Israeli sources say, "Israeli homesteaders on the West Bank and
> Palestinian
> > civilians fought today, two Palestinians killed by gunfire." Palestinian
> > sources say (and, if you look hard enough, so do some Israeli sources),
> > "Israeli terrorists fire on unarmed Palestinian civilians, two
> Palestinians
> > dead."
> >
> > Filksinger
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on 09/17/01