CNN Has Chosen Its Side
This was deplorable. As if it were not bad enough that Eason Jordan, former CNN news executive, admitted to covering up the atrocities of Saddam Hussein in 2003. And, it obviously was not bad enough to have the same Eason Jordan accuse our troops of committing war crimes--that being the deliberate targeting, torture, and killing of journalists. No, now CNN has decided to act as the LA Times did a while back when Barbara Demick wrote the puff piece on North Korea. CNN, yesterday morning, decided to to shill for Hezbollah. I have heard this over and over today, and I now present the transcript for those that have not yet heard this disgusting pap.
BLITZER: For the past five days, six days that is, Israeli raids have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah has had its heartland of support. Hezbollah has sealed off the worst hit areas and made it nearly impossible to discover exactly what's been hit. The Israelis say they're targeting Hezbollah military and Hezbollah leadership. Today a Hezbollah media representative and a Hezbollah security team took CNN's Nic Robertson on a very brief tour of the damage. Let's go back to Beirut. Once again Nic Robertson is standing by with this exclusive report -- Nic.
ROBERTSON: Well, Wolf, just in the last couple of minutes we did hear a distant thud. It sounded like a bomb going off in the distance. Not as loud as those two huge explosions we heard about 20 minutes ago. We went in to those southern suburbs of Beirut with that media representative from Hezbollah. They haven't let western reporters into some parts of that very, very, very carefully controlled southern suburbs.They have people going around there on motor scooters stopping you operating freely in that area. They have blockades set up on some of the roads. We had a media representative from Hezbollah. We had security representatives around him, informing him about where and when there might be Israeli aircraft coming over. But they took us in because they wanted to show us what was being damaged. What they wanted to tell us was -- and show us was how the civilian infrastructure in that area was being damaged.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ROBERTSON: Where are we going now?
HUSSEIN NABULSI, HEZBOLLAH PRESS OFFICER: Now we are moving to where Israeli jet fighters bombed what it's called Hezbollah headquarters. I'm going to show you on the ground that this is -- these are buildings inhabited by civilians, innocent civilians.
ROBERTSON: We're moving around very quickly here I notice. Are you concerned that there could be strikes at any time?
NABULSI: You never know when Israeli jet fighters come and hit any target in this area. So now we are objected to any fire from Israel. ROBERTSON: It could come down right here at any moment...
NABULSI: Right now. Right here. There's now jet fighters in the sky.
ROBERTSON: There's jets in the sky right now.
NABULSI: Exactly, so you never know when they hit this area.
ROBERTSON: What happened here?
NABULSI: This is one of the bombs that fell and look what happened to this building, which is only like -- inhabited by innocent civilians living there. People who are just working like everybody else. No military bases. Nothing. (inaudible) aircraft fire, just building, people living there.
ROBERTSON: How many people were killed and injured in this particular attack here?
NABULSI: Thank God people evacuated these buildings early and luckily no one was killed in this -- in such attacks. But I want to tell you something. Where is the international community? Where is the Security Council? Where is the United Nations? Where is the whole world? We are under fire.
ROBERTSON: You're really worried about another strike here right now, yes?
NABULSI: Of course. Of course.
ROBERTSON: How dangerous is it in this area at the moment?
NABULSI: It is very, very dangerous. We are now the most dangerous place, the most dangerous moment.
ROBERTSON: In civilian housing. Well what was here?
NABULSI: Just -- look. Shoot. Innocent civilians. Buildings. Look at this building. Is it a military base? Is it a military base or just civilians living in this building?
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ROBERTSON: You know, in all that time we were there, which was a very, very brief period, we didn't see any evidence of any military equipment. We didn't go into the buildings. We didn't search underneath the rubble, but some of the buildings were really torn up. There was a lot of debris hanging out of broken -- the sides of buildings, a lot of debris strewn across the roads. And in all of that we didn't see any evidence of military infrastructure or anything like that. Again, though, Wolf, I have to say it was a very, very brief and swift tour escorted by Hezbollah -- Wolf.
BLITZER: (inaudible) Israeli officials point out that Hezbollah often would put their military equipment in heavily civilian populated areas, but you didn't have a chance to really inspect that?
ROBERTSON: We didn't, Wolf. And I think that's one of the huge difficulties of anyone that wants to un-take Hezbollah's military capability. That it is an organization that's grown out of the people. It is -- it doesn't have huge formal bases where you can target obvious stockpiles and obvious barracks such as the Lebanese army might have. And you know without picking through the debris, without going into the -- some of the bombed out crated basements of buildings, we wouldn't get a good assessment of what was there. You know what you can see though is that there are a huge number of civilians living right there, right where the bombs are coming down, right in those buildings that are collapsed and broken in the streets -- Wolf.
BLITZER: Nic Robertson, one of the most courageous television journalists in the business today. Nic, be careful over there. Thanks very much for that exclusive report.
Courageous? With a Hezbollah propaganda officer and a Hezbollah "security detail?" Is Wolf Blitzer serious?
And the very idea that an American news agency, who watched 9/11 occur--a direct attack on our nation--and it has decided to cast its lot with the terrorists that started this war with Israel.
Hezbollah attacked their IDF post, killed eight IDF soldiers, and kidnapped two others. That was an act of war; a direct provocation, and a direct challenge via a proxy of Syria and Iran. Yes, both of these nations are involved in this war, which is now going into its second week.
And Hezbollah crying the crocodile tears does not make me feel sorry for them at all. They brought this on themselves. They always do, then immediately play the victim card when Israel begins to really kick their @$$. This time Israel is not backing down. In fact, they have turned up the heat, again. But, there was one thing that I caught at the end of the back-and-forth with Wolf Blitzer that really irritated me.
BLITZER: (inaudible) Israeli officials point out that Hezbollah often would put their military equipment in heavily civilian populated areas, but you didn't have a chance to really inspect that?
ROBERTSON: We didn't, Wolf. And I think that's one of the huge difficulties of anyone that wants to un-take Hezbollah's military capability. That it is an organization that's grown out of the people. It is -- it doesn't have huge formal bases where you can target obvious stockpiles and obvious barracks such as the Lebanese army might have.
Would Robertson be willing to equate al-Qaeda the same way? How about Islamic Jihad, or the PLF? The PLO, even?
When our own media services begin to place enemy propaganda on our TVs, in our newspapers, and on the radio, we have to ask whether or not they have been corrupted by their identification with the world. That being, the MSM believes they are "citizens of the world," and they they alone are completely unbiased. Yet here we have another war, and nothing but bias in favor of a terrorists organization. And not just ANY terrorist organization, but one that has a long history of not only attacking Israel, but also the United States:
* Bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia killing 19 U.S. servicemen (1996)
* Bombing of Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires killing 96 (1994)
* Bombing of Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 (1992)
* Abduction, torture and death of CIA Station Chief in Lebanon (1985)
* Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 killing one U.S. Navy diver (1985)
* Bombing outside U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut killing 24 (1984)
* Car bombing of U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 U.S. servicemen (1983)
*Car bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut killing 63 people, including 17 Americans (1983)
Yet, CNN decides to support them, and give them a mouthpiece in America for their lies, their deceit, and their evil.
In closing, remember that CNN is not the only MSM outlet who shills for terrorists. The New York Times cast itself into the camp of the enmy a long time ago. (BTW, the top photo in the collage was the focus of a piece I put together on Monday morning.)
Our media is not to be trusted. They cannot be trusted again. Their perfidity in the past few months has lent to this unforgivable act. I urge people to tell CNN what they think, and turn the damn network off--once and for all.
Marcie
This was deplorable. As if it were not bad enough that Eason Jordan, former CNN news executive, admitted to covering up the atrocities of Saddam Hussein in 2003. And, it obviously was not bad enough to have the same Eason Jordan accuse our troops of committing war crimes--that being the deliberate targeting, torture, and killing of journalists. No, now CNN has decided to act as the LA Times did a while back when Barbara Demick wrote the puff piece on North Korea. CNN, yesterday morning, decided to to shill for Hezbollah. I have heard this over and over today, and I now present the transcript for those that have not yet heard this disgusting pap.
BLITZER: For the past five days, six days that is, Israeli raids have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah has had its heartland of support. Hezbollah has sealed off the worst hit areas and made it nearly impossible to discover exactly what's been hit. The Israelis say they're targeting Hezbollah military and Hezbollah leadership. Today a Hezbollah media representative and a Hezbollah security team took CNN's Nic Robertson on a very brief tour of the damage. Let's go back to Beirut. Once again Nic Robertson is standing by with this exclusive report -- Nic.
ROBERTSON: Well, Wolf, just in the last couple of minutes we did hear a distant thud. It sounded like a bomb going off in the distance. Not as loud as those two huge explosions we heard about 20 minutes ago. We went in to those southern suburbs of Beirut with that media representative from Hezbollah. They haven't let western reporters into some parts of that very, very, very carefully controlled southern suburbs.They have people going around there on motor scooters stopping you operating freely in that area. They have blockades set up on some of the roads. We had a media representative from Hezbollah. We had security representatives around him, informing him about where and when there might be Israeli aircraft coming over. But they took us in because they wanted to show us what was being damaged. What they wanted to tell us was -- and show us was how the civilian infrastructure in that area was being damaged.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ROBERTSON: Where are we going now?
HUSSEIN NABULSI, HEZBOLLAH PRESS OFFICER: Now we are moving to where Israeli jet fighters bombed what it's called Hezbollah headquarters. I'm going to show you on the ground that this is -- these are buildings inhabited by civilians, innocent civilians.
ROBERTSON: We're moving around very quickly here I notice. Are you concerned that there could be strikes at any time?
NABULSI: You never know when Israeli jet fighters come and hit any target in this area. So now we are objected to any fire from Israel. ROBERTSON: It could come down right here at any moment...
NABULSI: Right now. Right here. There's now jet fighters in the sky.
ROBERTSON: There's jets in the sky right now.
NABULSI: Exactly, so you never know when they hit this area.
ROBERTSON: What happened here?
NABULSI: This is one of the bombs that fell and look what happened to this building, which is only like -- inhabited by innocent civilians living there. People who are just working like everybody else. No military bases. Nothing. (inaudible) aircraft fire, just building, people living there.
ROBERTSON: How many people were killed and injured in this particular attack here?
NABULSI: Thank God people evacuated these buildings early and luckily no one was killed in this -- in such attacks. But I want to tell you something. Where is the international community? Where is the Security Council? Where is the United Nations? Where is the whole world? We are under fire.
ROBERTSON: You're really worried about another strike here right now, yes?
NABULSI: Of course. Of course.
ROBERTSON: How dangerous is it in this area at the moment?
NABULSI: It is very, very dangerous. We are now the most dangerous place, the most dangerous moment.
ROBERTSON: In civilian housing. Well what was here?
NABULSI: Just -- look. Shoot. Innocent civilians. Buildings. Look at this building. Is it a military base? Is it a military base or just civilians living in this building?
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ROBERTSON: You know, in all that time we were there, which was a very, very brief period, we didn't see any evidence of any military equipment. We didn't go into the buildings. We didn't search underneath the rubble, but some of the buildings were really torn up. There was a lot of debris hanging out of broken -- the sides of buildings, a lot of debris strewn across the roads. And in all of that we didn't see any evidence of military infrastructure or anything like that. Again, though, Wolf, I have to say it was a very, very brief and swift tour escorted by Hezbollah -- Wolf.
BLITZER: (inaudible) Israeli officials point out that Hezbollah often would put their military equipment in heavily civilian populated areas, but you didn't have a chance to really inspect that?
ROBERTSON: We didn't, Wolf. And I think that's one of the huge difficulties of anyone that wants to un-take Hezbollah's military capability. That it is an organization that's grown out of the people. It is -- it doesn't have huge formal bases where you can target obvious stockpiles and obvious barracks such as the Lebanese army might have. And you know without picking through the debris, without going into the -- some of the bombed out crated basements of buildings, we wouldn't get a good assessment of what was there. You know what you can see though is that there are a huge number of civilians living right there, right where the bombs are coming down, right in those buildings that are collapsed and broken in the streets -- Wolf.
BLITZER: Nic Robertson, one of the most courageous television journalists in the business today. Nic, be careful over there. Thanks very much for that exclusive report.
Courageous? With a Hezbollah propaganda officer and a Hezbollah "security detail?" Is Wolf Blitzer serious?
And the very idea that an American news agency, who watched 9/11 occur--a direct attack on our nation--and it has decided to cast its lot with the terrorists that started this war with Israel.
Hezbollah attacked their IDF post, killed eight IDF soldiers, and kidnapped two others. That was an act of war; a direct provocation, and a direct challenge via a proxy of Syria and Iran. Yes, both of these nations are involved in this war, which is now going into its second week.
And Hezbollah crying the crocodile tears does not make me feel sorry for them at all. They brought this on themselves. They always do, then immediately play the victim card when Israel begins to really kick their @$$. This time Israel is not backing down. In fact, they have turned up the heat, again. But, there was one thing that I caught at the end of the back-and-forth with Wolf Blitzer that really irritated me.
BLITZER: (inaudible) Israeli officials point out that Hezbollah often would put their military equipment in heavily civilian populated areas, but you didn't have a chance to really inspect that?
ROBERTSON: We didn't, Wolf. And I think that's one of the huge difficulties of anyone that wants to un-take Hezbollah's military capability. That it is an organization that's grown out of the people. It is -- it doesn't have huge formal bases where you can target obvious stockpiles and obvious barracks such as the Lebanese army might have.
Would Robertson be willing to equate al-Qaeda the same way? How about Islamic Jihad, or the PLF? The PLO, even?
When our own media services begin to place enemy propaganda on our TVs, in our newspapers, and on the radio, we have to ask whether or not they have been corrupted by their identification with the world. That being, the MSM believes they are "citizens of the world," and they they alone are completely unbiased. Yet here we have another war, and nothing but bias in favor of a terrorists organization. And not just ANY terrorist organization, but one that has a long history of not only attacking Israel, but also the United States:
* Bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia killing 19 U.S. servicemen (1996)
* Bombing of Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires killing 96 (1994)
* Bombing of Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 (1992)
* Abduction, torture and death of CIA Station Chief in Lebanon (1985)
* Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 killing one U.S. Navy diver (1985)
* Bombing outside U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut killing 24 (1984)
* Car bombing of U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 U.S. servicemen (1983)
*Car bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut killing 63 people, including 17 Americans (1983)
Yet, CNN decides to support them, and give them a mouthpiece in America for their lies, their deceit, and their evil.
In closing, remember that CNN is not the only MSM outlet who shills for terrorists. The New York Times cast itself into the camp of the enmy a long time ago. (BTW, the top photo in the collage was the focus of a piece I put together on Monday morning.)
Our media is not to be trusted. They cannot be trusted again. Their perfidity in the past few months has lent to this unforgivable act. I urge people to tell CNN what they think, and turn the damn network off--once and for all.
Marcie
posted by Syd And Vaughn | 7:26 PM
1 Comments:
I seldom watch CNN and I'm not about to start. I do not care for their bias spin. I do not care for their presentation. I do not like CNN. This goes back to their describing our military as creating a "highway of death."
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