A recent CNN report called the Golan Heights "occupied territory", thus disregarding it was won fairly in a war initiated by Syria. Why do I still get annoyed by the media? I should know not to expect any better from them.

In anticipation of Philippe Karsenty's appeal to French court on his guilty verdict of, Middle East and Media Expert Tom Gross Re-examines the original coverage of the famous incident in light of questions that emerged over the past seven years: Al Dura - What Really Happened?

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I added this to my video list.

Not all Israeli news is objective: Editor Admits: We Slanted the NewsWe "pushed in every way possible the withdrawal from Lebanon towards 2000. In our newsroom, three of the editors had sons in Lebanon, and we took it upon ourselves as a mission - possibly not stated - to get the IDF out of Lebanon... I have no doubt that we promoted an agenda of ( Read more... )

France 2 television is suing people for claiming the reports on the Al-Durah affair are false. Augean Stables is tracking the events of the case ( Read more... )

Melanie Phillips, a British journalist and author, writes in her journal (http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?p=1316):

In short, much of the most incendiary media coverage of this war seems to have been either staged or fabricated. The big question is why the western ( Read more... )

Also, at the end, CNN's Anderson Cooper admits in the clip that Hezbollah is staging photos:

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/08/09/video-charles-johnson-howard-kurtz-anderson-cooper-on-reutersgate/

Biased reporting strikes again! This photograph of Beirut was sent by Reuters to media outlets worldwide:


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