NBC refuses to apologize for linking Neda Soltan to the al-Dura hoax
A month ago, I reported that NBC News' Richard Engel had compared the murder of Iranian icon Neda Soltan to the faked murder of 'Palestinian' Mohamed al-Dura. You can find all the details here, but let's go to the videotape to remind you of the incident. The Engel interview starts around 3:25 and the part about al-Dura is at the 6:00 mark and runs until about the 7:00 mark.Newsbusters reports.
The pro-Israel group CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) recounts on its Web site that after the group's executive director, Andrea Levin, on June 25 sent a letter of complaint to Engel -- which was also copied to NBC News President Steve Capus -- requesting that NBC revisit and "clarify" Engel's assertions, Capus sent a letter of response accusing CAMERA of "taking a cheap shot" at Engel, and did not revise the NBC correspondent's claims about the al-Dura case. Capus, as quoted by CAMERA on its Web site: "If you were truly dedicated to advancing journalism, you would be going out of your way to praise Richard for his work – rather than taking a cheap shot." The NBC News head went on to praise Engel as "a non-biased, dedicated journalist. NBC News considers itself lucky to have him."Newsbusters has the full text of all three letters. Read the whole thing.
CAMERA reports that, after sending a second letter to Capus on July 7, the NBC News president has made no further response. CAMERA published the full text on its Web site of both letters it sent to NBC News. Citing the fact that Capus's correspondence was "communicated privately via email," CAMERA included only brief excerpts of his correspondence.
The arrogance of the mainstream media in general, and of NBC in particular, is simply beyond belief. The mainstream media is dying. As far as I am concerned, at least with respect to the large American television networks (other than Fox) it cannot happen soon enough. Their bias against Israel is open and appalling.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:29 PM
3 Comments:
how can anyone be surprised?????????????they did the same thing to pres. bush.they edit his words to make it look like he was on their side.when he question them on it they said they'll make a correction on their web page.nbc is despicable and they are protecting obama .they know his anti israel ans so thats why they have to be anti israel.obama giving 2 medal of freedom awards to two anti semities....i'm schocked luis farrakhann is not receiving one but we still have 3 more years..........the media is dead............................
NBC are a-holes. They and MSNBC are blocked on my TVs.
BBC and other international news networks carrying NEDA stories are also displaying a glaring PICTORIAL INACCURACY! Please see my blog (URL below) for details.
NEDA HOAX ... I am really surprised that the Beeb has let this go on for so long!
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