tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post7526086123579309500..comments2024-01-29T21:39:07.526+02:00Comments on This Ongoing War: A Blog: 28-Feb-08: More death, more pain in southern IsraelOz_in_Zionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661581252423495040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-45163909424628997862008-03-03T23:26:00.000+02:002008-03-03T23:26:00.000+02:00There's a pattern that's not hard to discern almos...There's a pattern that's not hard to discern almost everywhere, including here in Israel: the systematic downplaying by reporters and their editors of the everyday dangers and injuries and anxieties caused by the relentless rocket attacks. Downplaying is not always the right word since, often, the rocket assaults are simply not reported. We're endlessly aggravated by the craziness of this situation: How can anyone make an assessment of whether Israel's response to this provocation or that is <B>proportionate</B> or <B>disproportionate</B> if they did not know of the provocation (or rocket attack, or stabbing or seized terrorist bomber or arms-smuggling tunnel etc etc etc) in the first place? They can't is the simple answer. And that's why it's so vitally important to find and develop ways for those reports to get out, to be aired, to inform people.<BR/><BR/>This is why we're so infuriated by what the BBC et al do when they succumb to agenda-driven editorial decisions and partisan policies. This is not just a media or good reporting issue. It's quite literally a matter of life and death.Oz_in_Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661581252423495040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-18269437426582197392008-03-02T15:47:00.000+02:002008-03-02T15:47:00.000+02:00This is a shocking indictment of Dugard. You migh...This is a shocking indictment of Dugard. You might be encouraged to know in a BBC interview just now, a UN spokesman whose name I didn't catch, repeatedly emphasised the right of the Israeli government to defend its citizens and the duty of the Arab League and Egypt to moderate the intentions of Hamas, as well as supporting Abu Mazan's presidency.<BR/><BR/>I was astonished at such a balanced interview, and even more astonished at the BBC's decision to air it! Unfortunately, in focusing on dead Gazans, neither the BBC news bulletin nor the interview from their Gaza correspondent which formed part of it, said one syllable about the hail of Qassam and other rockets on Israeli cities, towns and kibutzim which had engendered the IDF response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com