[IMC-Editorial] Criminal intent

Sat Oct 19 23:28:11 PDT 2002

I hope you are arrested for this nonesense. Truth has a capital T in case
you forgot.

Shlomo Helinski
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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:41:19 -0700
From: Honest Reporting <action at HonestReporting.com>
To: gunsamer at gunsamerica.com
Subject: Bali Bombing

HonestReporting Communique
15 October 2002

"BALI BOMBING"

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Dear HonestReporting Member,

The civilized world is reeling from yet another terrorist atrocity, the
bombing of a Bali disco that has claimed the lives of 180 people.

Much of the European media is using very different language to describe
the Bali bombing, than it has used to describe the bombings of discos,
pizzerias, cafes, markets, buses, and religious events in Israel.

Opines the Guardian about the Bali atrocity ("In the Shadow of Terror" -
October 14): ""This was a crime against all humanity... Its victims were
Muslims, Hindus and Christians."

Why does the Guardian omit that Jews may be among the victims?

The Guardian also refers to "the killing of German tourists in Tunisia" --
failing to mention that the Tunisia attack was actually aimed against Jews
in a synagogue.

Read the Guardian editorial at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,811347,00.html

Comments to:
letters at guardian.co.uk

Letters to the editor should always include full name, address, and phone
number.

HonestReporting encourages members to monitor your local media to see how
they reported this issue.

===== ISRAEL DID IT AGAIN =====

At the risk of giving publicity to a web-rag, here's something so wacko
that we can't let it pass. Indymedia.org reports that the Israeli Mossad
is a prime suspect behind the string of sniper killings in the Washington,
D.C. area.
http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=208531

Another "report" on Indymedia.org claims that the bombing of the Bali
nightclub was "a Mossad terror operation."

Indymedia describes itself as "a network of collectively run media outlets
for the creation of radical, objective, and passionate tellings of the
truth."

Perhaps the consumer public could be a better judge of that.

Comments to:
imc-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
IndyMedia400 at hotmail.com

===== PALESTINIANS ATTACK JOURNALISTS =====

This week, Muhammed Abayet of the Palestinian terrorist group al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades, was killed when the public telephone he was using
exploded. During Abayet's funeral the next day, Palestinians attacked
Reuters photographer Mahfouz Abu Turk, who had to be treated for head and
back injuries. Another photographer had his camera smashed.

See the Jerusalem Post report at:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1034014777470

(If the URL does not fit onto one line of this e-mail, paste the parts
into your browser, and remove any spaces that appear in the URL address
field.)

Many major news agencies noted the funeral but omitted mention of the
attack. Associated Press presents the funeral as peaceful: "Unlike many
funerals for Palestinian militants, there were no cries for revenge or
gunmen shooting in the air at Abayat's funeral."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021014/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_7480

Even the victimized news agency, Reuters, itself makes scant mention of
the Palestinian attack:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=564&ncid=564&e=3&u=/nm/20021014/ts_nm/mideast_dc_4015

Comments to:
editor at reuters.com

In the past, journalists have been threatened with violence for covering
stories that are unflattering of Palestinian groups. Recall the Sept. 11
street celebrations, which prompted the (Israeli) Foreign Press
Association to declare:

"We call on the PA to ensure freedom of the press and the free flow of
information, and to prevent elements operating within PA jurisdiction from
making or carrying out threats that aim to impede this and effectively
impose censorship. We hold the PA fully responsible for the safety of each
and every journalist operating within their areas..."

HonestReporting wonders: Where is the outcry this week from the Foreign
Press Association and other media rights groups like Reporters Without
Borders (http://www.rsf.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20)?

===== OUT OF CONTEXT =====

Here's a piece of diligent media monitoring from HonestReporting member
Mike S. of Cincinnati:

BBC published a piece on the decreased Palestinian olive harvest, placing
the blame squarely on Israel. The article's main photo caption read:
"Olive groves have been bulldozed to build settlements." This accusation
does not appear in the article itself; it is only in the caption without
any source cited.

Mike wrote to complain, and received the following reply from Bob
Trevelyan, duty editor of BBC News Online:

"Thanks for your email concerning our story on the Palestinian olive
harvest. I regret that you found the picture caption unsatisfactory. I
accept that it is ambiguous and have changed it."

The caption now reads "Olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli
army." Though factually accurate, this BBC caption gives no context for
the idea that Palestinian snipers have frequently used olive groves to
conduct ambushes of Israeli citizens.

See the article and caption at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2317839.stm

Comments to:
newsonline.complaints at bbc.co.uk

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