regarding skewing the facts, if you're basing that on what you've read in another news media, how do you know who's skewing who?
I'm of the opinion that unless its first hand observation, the media is so unreliable, so manipulated, That you can never trust what you read/watch/hear. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 February 2003 19:23 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: chutzpah Misrepresentation should have been used rather than defense. They 'skew' the facts heavily. Actually, the article you posted below is not the one I was reading originally (I also read articles from other sources like arutzsheva.com and arab papers). http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/international/middleeast/17MIDE.html Here's a different one. Lets look at some lines: "At least six members of the Palestinian group Hamas died in a mysterious explosion in Gaza City today, hours after Israel's defense minister vowed retaliation for a Hamas bombing in Gaza on Saturday that destroyed an Israeli tank and killed the four soldiers inside. " The implication is that the 6 were killed in retaliation. An implication with no proof or facts, but made none the less (or at least thats how I read it). " Hamas blamed Israel for the blast today, suggesting that the men were killed by a booby-trapped toy plane. " No indication of what Hamas was doing. Just that its a toy plane and it was booby trapped. Might as well have been a toy bear from that. " Israel has tracked down and killed scores of militants, often without claiming responsibility. Many have also died by accidentally triggering bombs they were assembling. " Actually, Israel does claim responsability to all terrorists (not militants. They're terrorists) killed within Israel and the disputed territories. At least the author was honest about the accidents but its not actually linked to the claim as an alternative view. Hamas's claim is given all the weight. here's some other sources: http://arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=39131 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003/02/item20030218013508_1.htm http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR20030218670.2 _b93 2000a6e2cd974 >From these and many other links, the "toy plane" was a pilotless drone. I'd call that skewing the facts. > I don't see any indication of the Times coming to Hamas' defense: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/international/middleeast/18ISRA.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:07 PM > Subject: chutzpah > > > > OK, this is close to the height of chutzpah. Hamas has accused Israel of killing > > some of its terrorists. They are so sad and upset about it that the NY Times has > > come to their defense. It's a despicable crime to kill these 'innocent > > fighters'. > > How did they die, you ask? They were assembling a drone aircraft for an attack > > on Israel when it blew up. Hamas says that Israel booby trapped the plane. > > I just can't tell who's the worst here. Hamas for their claims or the NY Times > > for its misrepresenting of the facts. > > > > For those not sure what Chutzpah is, here's a legal quote: > > As a federal district court in the District of D.C. noted in 1992 that chutzpah > > is "presumption-plus-arrogance such as no other word, and no other language can > > do justice to.'' > > Perhaps the classic "legal" definition of chutzpah is the closest; a person who > > kills his parents and pleads for the court's mercy on the ground of being an > > orphan. > > > > Michael Dinowitz > > Master of the House of Fusion > > http://www.houseoffusion.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
