CNN Waters Down the Israeli Response

Note: CNN website did make several statements issued by spokesman Regev denouncing the water situation in Gaza as ridiculous and he explained why.

Posted by: Vardit Feldman at Oct 29, 2009 3:56:30 PM

The Hanas were shouting at civilians for 8 years, and from civilian twon, what did they thought? that Israel wont shot back?

Posted by: guy at Oct 29, 2009 4:12:50 PM

I really like the word cloud idea. It is another way of analyzing articles that put in a few rubber bumpers to fend off criticism of being one sided and hypocritical. The US mainstream media has this down to an art form. They claim they aren't biased, the whome? defense, by pointing at a statement or two that seems to indicate thoughtful treatment. Go Wordle!!

Posted by: Joel D ubow at Oct 29, 2009 5:48:56 PM

By the way, very nice new look! I've said it before, and who the heck am I, but I will say it again. Israel's position has consistently been a defensive PR posture. They constantly scramble to defend themselves in the aftermath of military DEFENSE of THEIR homeland. The closest to stand-up PR posturing (reminiscent of past failed politics) was recently when asked to comment on Goldstone and other such baseless reports, they declined comment to study and investigate. Get real! There is nothing to study or investigate! You can't fight and make friends! You fight to win your objective, not as a requisite to negotiate. Spin, during the offensive, after it and continue to until the truth is clear and the enemy exposed. Let the headline read "Israel in an unprecedented move has issued a global media campaign targeted at the world community outlining their past, present and future stance concerning their homeland, including an expose on those aligned against them in the media, politically, and in the battlefield." Cards on the table. Flush the rats from the holes expose their rhetoric and spin the counterpoint. Yeah this will cost a small fortune, results will be slow. SO too is waiting for the next rockets!

Posted by: Robert Camacho at Oct 29, 2009 6:01:38 PM

For many years cnn advertises all over the world to stay at Hotels that do have cnn channel.
We should start a campaign for international travelers to do the opposite: NOT TO BOOK AND STAY in Hotels that have agreement with cnn.

Posted by: Sandor Friedlander at Oct 29, 2009 6:09:20 PM

Rather than trying to counter printed articles in the media I suggest attacking the validity of the article - go for the journalist or the AMNESTY international people by name. Let the world know that CNN;S Paula Hancock is quoting Kate Allen's misdirected information. Talk direct to Dominic Waghorn too,rather than saying SKY'S journalist in the Middle East . Getting out peoples names into print brings the issues down in size and not in the clouds hiding behind so called respectable non -touchable organisations. Break up the untouchable respectable facade into names then face them with their untruths and bias .
HJ.

Posted by: Harvey Jackson at Oct 29, 2009 9:52:51 PM

Once again CNN has reported inaccurate reporting because of Amnesty International with the anti-Semitic remarks. No matter how many mailings they send me, they land in the circular file and I never give to Amnesty International for their anti-Israel venom they spew.

Israel does not take water away from the Palestinians, I hope CNN didn't think so!

Posted by: Betti Miner at Oct 29, 2009 11:19:17 PM

Good update.
While I'm visiting, I offer a suggestion on another subject that may reduce the number of willing suicide bombers: Every government should announce that the remains of Muslim suicide bombers will be buried with a pig or a part of a pig, which will deprive the bomber entry to the "Muslim heaven."
Worth a shot.

Posted by: Al Best at Oct 30, 2009 4:46:10 AM

GREAT ARTICLE I'VE JUST POSTED YOUR LINK TO YNET READERS. BY THE WAY I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK AL BEST.

Posted by: GALI at Oct 30, 2009 2:09:30 PM

Whilst only anecdotal evidence on a recent visit to Israel I was informed by an Israeli friend living in a settlement on the west bank about how his carefully nurtured lawn of 35 years was dying through recent watering restrictions.
On the same trip I was informed by a couple living in Ramallah that they only had running water on 2 or 3 consecutive days of the week and the rest of the time their water was cut off. I have no reason they were tellinig anything but the truth but the disparity of water availability between the 2 commuinities was striking. They blamed the Israeli authorities although I have no way of checking who was to blame.
It is noticeable however that the settlements seem to be very green whereas as stated my friends in Ramallah have very restricted water supply.
I a happy to have a response to the Israeli Water Authority

Posted by: stephen - London at Oct 30, 2009 5:27:04 PM

I am an American and also a Christian. As such I would like to say I am totally for Israel,as are many of my Christian community, and not for one minute do we believe the lies about Israel. Who knows how so many reporters are coersed into perpatrating these lies.

Posted by: Alice Nottingham at Oct 30, 2009 8:53:07 PM

Re CNN - it reports ALL the facts only when it's in their favor or makes the story they want to make. I do know that there is a measure of an anti-semitic attitude in their reporting on the issues of the Middle East. They don't give ALL the facts or they will distort the facts so as to leave doubt re Israel's sincerity. It is a willfull blindness indeed if ANY reporter or news agency fails to see the suttle lies and deceit behind the anti-Israel rhetoric by certain government leaders, politicians, news agencies, journalist, and especially the Terrorists groups in Israel, Lebanon, the USA, Syria, etc..

Posted by: Gerald Lush at Oct 30, 2009 9:21:37 PM

Thanks to you for publicizing this attempt on CNN's part to "strile a balance between truth and falsehood.
By the way, Al Best's suggestion above strikes a certain logical chord. Maybe it should be more widely circulated?
Paul Ephross

Posted by: Paul Ephross at Oct 31, 2009 7:51:43 AM

The problem is, that the first lie is what the public remembers after all. That's how arab propaganda works. Same was in Jenin, Muhamad Al Dura, Goldstone report.And now it is a new one - "Water report by AI".

Posted by: Awamori at Oct 31, 2009 1:24:12 PM

One should remember what happened in Jenin a few years ago, when reading the one sided dishonest Goldstone report. The Press and the Broadcasting companies around the world ( expecially the dishonest BBC ) that Jenin had been completely distroyed, and thousands of Arabs ( not palestinians nor such people , as there was never a country called Arab palestine ), when the World Leaders, and Press did go into Jenin, they found only a few blocks of flats destroyed , which had been bobby trapped ( that was why so many Israeli soldies lost their lives )in the centre of the town, the rest of Jenin was not affected, when it came to the numbers dead, not thousands , not hundreds, just 56 of which 26 were Israeli soldiers and the rest were Arab terrorists , so much much for true reporting, so take Goldstones report with a pinch of salt, not a word of truth in it. unfortunatly the anti-semetic media beleive any garbage they are fed.

Posted by: Pamela at Nov 8, 2009 8:16:12 PM