CBS News is now taking a great deal of of flack for daring to interview Palestinians whose homes were under active occupation by Israeli soldiers.
In this nationally broadcast thirteen-minute segment, reporter Bob Simon broke the unwritten law of American journalism: Thou Shalt Not Embarrass Israel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XtT91yO6g Meanwhile, supposedly independent journalists like Robin Young maintain prolonged periods of tactful silence about Israel's assaults on civilians -- assaults that have left half the world in fury, flames, or a combination of the two. Perhaps she sees her job as sedating the other half: Her program is now dutifully critiquing Super Bowl commercials for her national radio audience -- not, presumably, not the kind of reporting that won her a Peabody Award. *By contrast, Bob Simon, the 60 Minutes reporter, put his career on the line by reporting frankly on the effect Jewish West Bank settlements have had on the (moribund) "peace process." **Please call him at 212-975-2006 to thank him for his extraordinary display of journalistic courage.* Then e-mail Robin Young of the radio program Here and Now ( lett...@here-now.org) and ask her whether she considers the story of the Al-Batran family newsworthy. *In Gaza, a nine-year-old girl, Haneen al-Batran, was fatally shot in the face by Israeli solders while her family sought refuge in a hospital. * The story, linked below, is accompanied by a video featuring the dead girl's older sister. *Warning: AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby, will never grant Young or other American journalists permission to click on the link below, no matter how long they may choose to wait for that permission.* *NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL SHOT TWICE BY ISRAELI SNIPERS AS HER FAMILY SOUGHT REFUGE IN HOSPITAL* http://ramallahonline.com/eye-witness-reports/22-eye-witness-reports/2791-nine-year-old-girl-shot-twice-by-israeli-snipers-as-her-family-sought-refuge-in-al-quds-hospital-has-died Forward this e-mail! Yusuf Toropov yusuf.toro...@gmail.com -- -- Gregory Waleed Kavalec --------------------------------------------- "The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." -- Marcus Aurelius
