Is America Watching a Different War? American, Lebanese and Israeli Panel on How the US Media is Covering the Invasion of Lebanon
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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
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 
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05.08.2006 02:39
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!
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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:
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