Skip Nav | Home | Mobile | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Security | Support Us

World

Is America [& Australia] Watching a Different War? [Yep!]

Deep Shit News | 05.08.2006 02:06 | Lebanon War 2006 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Is America Watching a Different War? American, Lebanese and Israeli Panel on How the US Media is Covering the Invasion of Lebanon

Deep Shit News
Deep Shit News

Deep Shit News
Deep Shit News

Deep Shit News
Deep Shit News


Some have suggested that Americans are watching a different war in Lebanon than much of the world. We’re joined by three panelists -- Peter Hart of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) in New York, Middle East Broadcasters editor Habib Battah in Beirut and Ha'aretz reporter Gideon Levy in Tel Aviv. [includes rush transcript]
We continue our coverage of the situation in the Middle East by examining how the U.S. press has been reporting on Lebanon, Israel and Gaza. Some have suggested that America is watching a different war than much of the world. The British journalist Julian Borger came to that conclusion after watching the news in Washington and London.

The British press, he said, overwhelmingly emphasized the civilian casualties in Lebanon. Meanwhile the U.S. media has focused on the situation in Israeli cities like Haifa. Meanwhile some journalists from the Middle East are now refusing to work with American news outlets.

Earlier this week, two producers working for Fox News in Amman Jordan resigned in protest. In their resignation letter, Serene Sabbagh and Jomana Karadsheh wrote "We can no longer work with a news organization that claims to be fair and balanced when you are so far from that."

They went on to write “Not only are you an instrument of the Bush White House, and Israeli propaganda, you are war mongers with no sense of decency, nor professionalism.”

We speak with a panel of media analysts and journalists here in New York as well as in Lebanon and Israel.

We are joined by Peter Hart in our New York studio as well as Habib Battah in Lebanon and Gideon Levy in Israel. Peter Hart is a media analyst with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Habib Battah is managing editor of Middle East Broadcasters Journal. He is a former correspondent for The Daily Star and al Jazeera. Gideon Levy is a journalist working for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz.

Gideon Levy. Journalist working for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.
Habib Battah. Managing editor of Middle East Broadcasters Journal.
Peter Hart. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/03/1359222


Deep Shit News

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

Beazley promises 'first-world' Indigenous health

05.08.2006 02:39

Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says Indigenous Australians would live in first-world conditions by his second term as prime minister. Mr Beazley is on a tour of the Northern Territory and visited the community of Wadeye yesterday. He says the visit was extremely useful and he is committed to improving the lives of Indigenous Australians. "I've nailed my colours to the mast on Aboriginal health and I've said this - that we will have Australians in first-world health conditions within two terms of my coming into office," Mr Beazley said.

 http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/118645.php

Sleazley won't get elected in a 100 years, so don't hang out!

He's part of the undemocratic conspiracy that has undermined our constitution and our democracy: Read on....

Lib/Lab will run the country for the next 100 years or so or until everyone wakes up out of their dream to see the real nightmare. And it's going to get allot worse before it gets any better!

We are owned by suckhole howhard and his cronies (which include Labor) and the US, lock, stock, and barrel!

If you have to vote for your rights then vote informal and oppose the official truth, which is an official lie. We need a scarcity of believers in the lies of the Lib/Lab govt.

We don't have two preferred parties with the only option of winning we have one dictator called john hoWARd the coward who sold Australia out. Always remember that 'well paid losers like Sleazley who helped stab Mark Latham in the back, don't need to hold the reigns. They just get fat and lazy out on the ranch!

Be Warned:

Lib/Lab is your mortal enemy!

 http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/118645_comment.php#118658

Deep Shit News


Peace, Propaganda

05.08.2006 09:14

Propaganda
Propaganda

Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: Documentary Examines US Media Coverage of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

How has the US media covered the conflict in the Middle East? We play an excerpt of the documentary “Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” The film was directed by Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally of the Media Education Foundation.

 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/03/1351216

Democracy Now!


Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land:

05.08.2006 22:29

See the movie!

Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land:
 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696

Google Video


Peaceful Rally Against Israeli Attacks on Lebanon and Palestine

06.08.2006 03:44

Deep Shit News
Deep Shit News

A group of around 400 protesters gathered in Forrest Place today to demand that the Australian government stop supporting Israel's terroristic attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

 http://perth.indymedia.org/index.phpaction=newswire&parentview=24048

Deep Shit News


Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

/regional publish include --> /regional search include -->

World Topics

Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Server Appeal Radio Page Video Page Indymedia Cinema Offline Newsheet

secure Encrypted Page

You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.

If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech