Who can you trust?
Not Hezbollah OR most media reports from south Lebanon. When the media ignores certain basic facts, like the fact that rigor mortis is an obvious condition of a body that's been dead for at least six hours and peaks at 12-24 hours, citizens and important international political decisions are hijacked. The media, by its happy ignorance, is complicit in Hezbollah victories. This isn't the first time we've been used and probably won't be the last.
Media reports say Israeli strikes killed dozens of innocent civilians in Qana. The photos of bodies some media showed and all had access to indicated clear signs of rigor mortis just a few hours after the supposed bombing. The bodies also showed little sign of the dust and crushing injuries common in a concrete building collapse.
Civilian deaths in war are a tragedy, especially so when they could have been avoided. While some governments, the UN and most in the media castigate Israel for the deaths in Qana — and elsewhere in Lebanon — they don't talk about how many rockets were launched at Israel from inside the town, near the civilian areas like Qana, or how Israel dropped leaflets warning residents to leave before attacks began.
Where's the reporting and condemnation of Hezbollah for using innocents as human shields and targeting civilians?
Maybe there are some questions mainstream journalists should ask themselves. Do we really want to be a tool for people who want to slit our throats? Why do the same bodies show up in multiple photos taken at different times? Who are these supposed "stringers" who have free and safe access to terrorist's front lines?
Confederate Yankee and Michelle Malkin have much more.
Read and see for yourself and contact your local media with some questions. Or don't — and mark today on your calendar as another day when someone had an opportunity to act to protect freedom and didn't.
Media reports say Israeli strikes killed dozens of innocent civilians in Qana. The photos of bodies some media showed and all had access to indicated clear signs of rigor mortis just a few hours after the supposed bombing. The bodies also showed little sign of the dust and crushing injuries common in a concrete building collapse.
Civilian deaths in war are a tragedy, especially so when they could have been avoided. While some governments, the UN and most in the media castigate Israel for the deaths in Qana — and elsewhere in Lebanon — they don't talk about how many rockets were launched at Israel from inside the town, near the civilian areas like Qana, or how Israel dropped leaflets warning residents to leave before attacks began.
Where's the reporting and condemnation of Hezbollah for using innocents as human shields and targeting civilians?
Maybe there are some questions mainstream journalists should ask themselves. Do we really want to be a tool for people who want to slit our throats? Why do the same bodies show up in multiple photos taken at different times? Who are these supposed "stringers" who have free and safe access to terrorist's front lines?
Confederate Yankee and Michelle Malkin have much more.
Read and see for yourself and contact your local media with some questions. Or don't — and mark today on your calendar as another day when someone had an opportunity to act to protect freedom and didn't.
posted by Paul at
7/31/2006 10:11:00 PM
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