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Friday, January 22 2010Journos Admit Hamas Fired From Media BuildingsVia IsraelMatzav, journalist Paula Slier visited Gaza for the first time since Operation Cast Lead. She came away with a particularly startling admission from fellow reporters who were in the strip during the war:
This confirms a point I recently argued in defense of Israel's wartime press restrictions. Many journalists were not "neutral observers," but "participants" (sometimes willing participants, sometimes not). If you haven't seen it already, here's a video of an Al-Arabiya reporter discovering that a rocket was fired from her own media building. By the way, the Gaza war was the primary reason Reporters Without Borders (better known as RSF) dropped Israel 47 places from last year in its annual Press Freedom Index. Not that the RSF's high-profile ranking would dare to call Hamas onto the carpet for endangering reporters . . .
TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Journos Admit Hamas Fired From Media Buildings: CommentsI don't suppose there's any value in passing on this information to Sir Richard Goldstone, is there? Of course, that's right. He'll ignore it like he did with similar evidence when he was er ... oops I mean making his report. A British blogger has been intimidated by the police. The Reverend Stephen Sizer didn’t like comments and criticism made on the Seismic Shock blog, so got the police to physically intimidate the blogger, to take down that mild criticism. This is a clear freedom of speech issue, the police should not be used to intimidate bloggers. I urge you to publicise this issue and support Seismic Shock, as “I too am Seismic Shock” For more information see http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/reverend-stephen-sizer-uses-british-police-against-a-blogger/ And http://engageonline.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/anglican-vicar-uses-police-to-intimidate-blogger/ Proportionality in Modern |
