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<blockquote data-quote="PT Stewie" data-source="post: 5732136" data-attributes="member: 12889">
<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>It is astonishing and outrageous that most major national media organizations reported that Israel blew up a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. 
The source of the information was Hamas, so that immediately disqualifies any honest journalist from citing Israel as the attacker. 
Right? 
But no. The Associated Press, Reuters, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, The Washington Post, and the New York Times all inflamed a violent situation by reporting the Hamas accusation. None of those agencies had any backup for their reportage. 
What they should have said, if they were honest, was something like this: a hospital in Gaza was hit with rockets today. Both Israel and Hamas blame the other.&quot; 
Is that hard? Then, you report casualties. 
Subsequently, US intelligence puts the blame on a rocket misfire by Islamic terrorists. That has been widely reported, but the damage is done. Millions of ill-informed people believe Israel is responsible. 
America has a major problem with the corporate media companies. And that problem is getting people killed.</td></tr></table></blockquote>

[QUOTE="PT Stewie, post: 5732136, member: 12889"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]It is astonishing and outrageous that most major national media organizations reported that Israel blew up a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. The source of the information was Hamas, so that immediately disqualifies any honest journalist from citing Israel as the attacker. Right? But no. The Associated Press, Reuters, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, The Washington Post, and the New York Times all inflamed a violent situation by reporting the Hamas accusation. None of those agencies had any backup for their reportage. What they should have said, if they were honest, was something like this: a hospital in Gaza was hit with rockets today. Both Israel and Hamas blame the other." Is that hard? Then, you report casualties. Subsequently, US intelligence puts the blame on a rocket misfire by Islamic terrorists. That has been widely reported, but the damage is done. Millions of ill-informed people believe Israel is responsible. America has a major problem with the corporate media companies. And that problem is getting people killed.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]

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