The ambulance story matters because it’s the perfect example both of the dishonesty that permeated the Israeli/Hezbollah war reporting and, as Zombie demonstrates in her update to her original post, because the press assiduously keeps trying to spin the story rather than doing the decent thing and conceding that it is false. Zombie’s not the only one out there playing Diogenes. Michelle Malkin highlights another debunking of an MSM’s attempted debunking. In addition, Malkin has a great YouTube video on the subject, which I’ve included here as well:
Filed under: Media matters
Book, great “Rocket Ride” link. Thank you. What I can’t figure out, though, is what does Katie Couric running around in a black headscarf have to do with any of this?
My husband works for Raytheon;he’ll get a real kick out of this! Good music, too.
A great piece. Waaay too much deception going on.
This blog entry on the “Evil Conservative” site fits well with what I think is part of your beat, Bookworm (and as a lawyer and sharp observer, I figured you’d recognize the cop/journalist lingo):
http://www.evilconservativeblog.com/2006/09/04/a-facet-of-islam-vs-judaism/
Tried to send this before, so I hope I’m not posting twice with the same thing now:
http://www.evilconservativeblog.com/2006/09/04/a-facet-of-islam-vs-judaism/
Oh that’s hilarious, 20d20 damage! awesome man.
Deception is a major part of warfare. Whenever there be warfare, there is its little sidekick going around stirring up dissent, discord, and strife. Sounds like the Greek Gods, and about just as disfunctional.
Love it.