From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 16:25:50 MDT
In a message dated 16/05/03 13:07:28 GMT Daylight Time, Spudboy100@aol.com
writes:
>
Yes, now that this story is 24 hours old, denials from (Ret) Major Daniel
Hunt, on FoxNews, have disputed the BBC story as being full of holes. One
story had US Forces firing blanks, which is untrue. The second claim that the
hospital was unguarded is also untrue, since the hospital was guarded by 25
armed Fedayeen.
The BBC reported the massacre of thousands of Arab civilians, in Jenin, in
April 2002 on the West Bank, unverified and given to the BBC by the PA. A
later UN examination of Jenin listed 57 verified fatalities, not thousands.
Most all of the killed were combatants. BBC misreporting was also apparent in
the American attacks against the Chetnik regime in Bosnia, but thats another
story, in a long line of stories, not honest reporting, performed by the
Leftist BBC. I am convinced that all news orgs lie; but I as a reader, must
try to discern, which one is lying the least, so that I can know what is
true. I suggest that all list members keep this in mind, and not swallow
published statements so whole heartedly.
>
I didn't comment on the Blanks, whereas I should have. In the live report
from the hospital that was broadcast. During the interviews with
Doctors/Patients, they showed numerous bullet holes in the walls of the
hospital ward where Jessica was kept. Allegedly fired by the Special Op's
during the rescue. They also showed what was described as 'grenades' that
were used in the raid. These appeared to be standard flashbangs or smokes.
As I remember, there was no mention of the armed Fedayeen.
I missed the reports of the Jenin Massacre, So I can't comment. The over
exaggeration doesn't surprise me at all. Although in general the News from
the BBC is usually very factual, it sometime omits information and portrays
things with a leftist slant. This is much more pronounced with any news
regarding a National interest story, for obvious reasons and particularly
with wars.
In time of crisis, such as the gulf wars, 911etc I tend to wear my thumb out,
channel hopping. It seems to be the only way to get a good idea of what is
happening. It was interesting to see that Al Jazira, which was a free
satellite channel. Is now a subscription channel. im not sure when that
happened, but I can think of a few good reasons why it happened.
Alex
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