Thursday, January 08, 2009

How low will you go?

French like to make Israel look bad if they have to lie

French television claims photos from 2005 showed damage from Israel's current operation in Gaza

War is Deceit, and French public television is lending a hand. "French TV claims photos from 2005 showed damage from Israel's Gaza operation," from Haaretz, January 6:

French public television network France 2 on Tuesday revealed they had aired photographs that allegedly showed destruction caused by the Israel Air Force during Operation Cast Lead, which were in fact taken during a different incident in 2005, one in which Gaza civilians were killed by an explosion caused by militants in the Strip. The footage aired on Channel 2 on Tuesday afternoon showed dozens of dead bodies, including Hamas gunmen and citizens, which the channel said were killed by an IAF bombing raid on January 1st. It later came to light that the channel had instead aired footage of the devastation caused after a truck full of explosives blew up in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp.

It's much easier to air a hollow apology after the damage is done than to ensure accurate reporting in the first place:

A news editor at France 2 told Le Figaro Tuesday that they had "made a mistake by airing those pictures, which he said depict events from 2005.


Posted at January 7http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2009/01/024274print.html, 2009 12:01 AM


Comment: Here we go again-this is a re-play of Lebanon -interesting what "journalists" are qwilling to do for story-thus the inability to trust mainstream European media. Yes this is an opinion!

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