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

Yes. My apologies. I get riled up about some things, and forget where I am sometimes.

Filksinger
AKA David Nasset, Sr.

From: A. Prather

> Hi
>
> Thanks, 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