Comments on: It’s the spin http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/14/its-the-spin/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jg http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/14/its-the-spin/#comment-3702 jg Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:17:13 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=647#comment-3702 Bookworm: One commenter at NNC's site links to his erudite statement about the current situation. 'Edgar's musings on Islamic fundamentalism and Israel from a UK perspective' is, at least in the posting linked below, quiet and telling in its indictment of the Brits, and the MSM in general. Perhaps his "The Jihad threat against the West and Israel" is a blog to watch. excerpt-- "The (MSM) text was saying: "Israelis kill 7 civilians in village in Lebanon" "15 die north of Kiryat Shemonah" Even people with a detailed knowledge of the area would be hard-pressed to realise that, in fact, 15 Israelis had been killed in separate katyusha rocket attacks (including 12 at a kibbutz north of Kiryat Shemonah). But note that Israelis explicitly "kill civilians" (even though they are actually targetting known terrorist launch sites) whereas the other way round (when the Islamafascists genuinely target civilians) apparently people of unspecified nationalities in inspecified countries somehow 'die'. Maybe the person who presented the text in this way believed that these people died of shame when they heard of the civilian killings on the other side? But in fact whenever the BBC and Sky mention casualties it always Israelis killing civilians while unspecified Israelis simply die." http://edgar1981.blogspot.com/ Bookworm: One commenter at NNC’s site links to his erudite statement about the current situation.

‘Edgar’s musings on Islamic fundamentalism and Israel from a UK perspective’ is, at least in the posting linked below, quiet and telling in its indictment of the Brits, and the MSM in general. Perhaps his “The Jihad threat against the West and Israel” is a blog to watch.

excerpt–
“The (MSM) text was saying:

“Israelis kill 7 civilians in village in Lebanon”

“15 die north of Kiryat Shemonah”

Even people with a detailed knowledge of the area would be hard-pressed to realise that, in fact, 15 Israelis had been killed in separate katyusha rocket attacks (including 12 at a kibbutz north of Kiryat Shemonah). But note that Israelis explicitly “kill civilians” (even though they are actually targetting known terrorist launch sites) whereas the other way round (when the Islamafascists genuinely target civilians) apparently people of unspecified nationalities in inspecified countries somehow ‘die’. Maybe the person who presented the text in this way believed that these people died of shame when they heard of the civilian killings on the other side? But in fact whenever the BBC and Sky mention casualties it always Israelis killing civilians while unspecified Israelis simply die.”

http://edgar1981.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/14/its-the-spin/#comment-3704 Bookworm Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:16:28 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=647#comment-3704 Clint: the article states as fact the provocation. In the material I provided from the BBC article, the only thing that's attributed to the Israeli army is that it was able to identify the spot from where the missile was launched. Even the BBC seems to concede that the Palestinians hit Israel back first. Clint: the article states as fact the provocation. In the material I provided from the BBC article, the only thing that’s attributed to the Israeli army is that it was able to identify the spot from where the missile was launched. Even the BBC seems to concede that the Palestinians hit Israel back first.

]]> By: Clint http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/14/its-the-spin/#comment-3703 Clint Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:10:04 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=647#comment-3703 Bookworm, Not quite. In this post you state that, "It’s only when I get to the third paragraph that I discover that the Israelis weren’t just firing for fun into Gaza. They were responding to provocation." But, you see, this shows your own bias. The Israeli Army says that they were responding to provocation -- that's not a fact. Bookworm,

Not quite. In this post you state that, “It’s only when I get to the third paragraph that I discover that the Israelis weren’t just firing for fun into Gaza. They were responding to provocation.”

But, you see, this shows your own bias. The Israeli Army says that they were responding to provocation — that’s not a fact.

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