Radio exec admits: We slanted war news to encourage withdrawal
posted at 12:06 pm on June 5, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Don’t worry. It can’t happen here.
A former Israel Broadcasting Authority news editor admits: “We slanted the news towards a withdrawal from Lebanon – because we had sons there.”…
“Three broadcasters – Carmela Menashe, Shelly Yechimovich [now a Labor party Knesset Member - ed.], and I – pushed in every way possible the withdrawal from Lebanon towards 2000. In our newsroom, three of the editors had sons in Lebanon, and we took it upon ourselves as a mission – possibly not stated – to get the IDF out of Lebanon… I have no doubt that we promoted an agenda of withdrawal that was a matter of public dispute.”
At this point, Army Radio broadcaster Golan Yochpaz interrupted, “In my opinion, that is just super-problematic – super-problematic.” Naveh did not miss a beat and said, “Correct, I’m admitting it, I’m not apologizing, I’m just saying this is what happened. It came from our guts because of the boys in Lebanon, this is what we did and I’m not sorry… I am very proud that we had a part in getting of our sons out of Lebanon.”
This sounds … familiar:
Israeli journalists have previously admitted that the media was largely enlisted on behalf of the Disengagement/expulsion from Gush Katif and northern Shomron. “I have failed. We have failed,” wrote Kaveh Shafran, political affairs correspondent for Israel Army Radio shortly before the expulsion was carried out. “As a diplomatic correspondent, I was among those who in the past year were supposed to tell the public exactly what is the Disengagement Plan, why it was created, how it will be implemented… The media’s conspiracy of silence protected Sharon when he fired cabinet ministers who did not support disengagement…”
Leftist media contrition for not being even more blatantly opposed to the ruling right-wing administration’s policies: it’s nice to know some things transcend boundaries of language and culture.
Exit question: Given what we know about the BBC, did the fact that these tools worked for the state broadcasting authority make it more or less likely that they’d pull this?
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Whoa…You’re telling me, at a time of war, a news organization slanted the news?
Bullet Point #12 for Obly: Right after after millions of people see my newscast about “alleged” terror plots, the Israeli’s come out with this story?
Way to go Mr. Bush!!
HarryStar on June 5, 2007 at 12:12 PM
I don’t think the BBC or any other news authority needs to be told how much power they have.
Media slant is nothing more than corruption and theft.
unamused on June 5, 2007 at 12:12 PM
We need to return to partisan news sources. We can’t keep relying on the leftist media like this forever.
Bad Candy on June 5, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Who’s surprised? Of course, if it was slanted towards the war, it would be jingoistic, fascist, and militarist.
Vanceone on June 5, 2007 at 12:24 PM
The media telling lies in service to an agenda?
Hmmm.
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, now.
georgej on June 5, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Mental note to self. Never send a woman to do a mans job.
sonnyspats1 on June 5, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, and they are more important than them all.
Wineaholic on June 5, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Tell me something I did not already know.
bopbottle on June 5, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Probably more likely but I will admit that I clicked on this thread expecting to see an admission by one of the US news orgs in regards to Iraq…
Bradky on June 5, 2007 at 1:03 PM
You could get into trouble with that line….
heatherrc77 on June 5, 2007 at 1:07 PM
One of the 3, Carmela Menashe, is a very respectable Israeli MSM broadcaster. I remember from my childhood 10-15 years ago she was a broadcaster then.
Sad that this BS exists. I was under the illusion that there was less of it in Israel.
AlexB on June 5, 2007 at 1:13 PM
Is there such a thing as “objective” reporting? I actually don’t think so.
nailinmyeye on June 5, 2007 at 1:28 PM
And, it is nice to see it actually admitted.
nailinmyeye on June 5, 2007 at 1:29 PM
isn’t that what the nytimes did a couple of years back?
jummy on June 5, 2007 at 1:37 PM
It doesn’t matter; they’re presstitutes. It’s a given they’d pull this.
steveegg on June 5, 2007 at 1:51 PM
The News fit to be Defeated.
Consistent throughout the world.
Kini on June 5, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Yeah, and I tear the tags off of mattresses and pillows too.
sonnyspats1 on June 5, 2007 at 2:18 PM
The Fourth Estate has become the Fifth Column.
Mojave Mark on June 5, 2007 at 9:07 PM
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