Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar Responsible For Munich Massacre
Another unrelated article in VG today refers to Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar as "an activist".
Accidentally, the son of Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar is the current Palestinian "ambassador" to Norway. The VG article notes that the ambassador, Yasser al-Najjar, was present when his father was killed by Israeli security forces in 1973. Simply translated, the VG article states that:
"Najjar is the son of the Palestinian activist Abu Yousef al-Najjar. In 1973 he was an eyewitness when an Israeli death squadron stormed his family's apartment, killing both his parents".
If VG were interested in presenting the facts, the paragraph should read: "Najjar is the son of the Palestinian terrorist Abu Yousef al-Najjar. In 1973 he was an eyewitness when an Israeli anti-terrorist squad stormed his family's apartment. Both his parents died in the subsequent gunfire".
Dagbladet has also published this article, which was originally written by The Norwegian News Agency (a wire service that serves many of the largest Norwegian media outlets).
Accidentally, the son of Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar is the current Palestinian "ambassador" to Norway. The VG article notes that the ambassador, Yasser al-Najjar, was present when his father was killed by Israeli security forces in 1973. Simply translated, the VG article states that:
"Najjar is the son of the Palestinian activist Abu Yousef al-Najjar. In 1973 he was an eyewitness when an Israeli death squadron stormed his family's apartment, killing both his parents".
If VG were interested in presenting the facts, the paragraph should read: "Najjar is the son of the Palestinian terrorist Abu Yousef al-Najjar. In 1973 he was an eyewitness when an Israeli anti-terrorist squad stormed his family's apartment. Both his parents died in the subsequent gunfire".
Dagbladet has also published this article, which was originally written by The Norwegian News Agency (a wire service that serves many of the largest Norwegian media outlets).
Labels: media, Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar, norway, palestinian ambassador, reporting
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Coverage Of Gaza Compared With Sri Lanka
As I commented in several earlier blog entries, the conflict in Sri Lanka was virtually ignored compared with the attention shed on Israel's attempts to stop rocket attacks on its territory. Honest Reporting actually went through the trouble of comparing BBC's coverage of the two conflicts. Not surprisingly, 4.5 articles were written every day about Israel's efforts to stop Hamas' rocket attacks, while the conflict in Sri Lanka produced barely one article per day. Since the estimated number of civilian deaths in Sri Lanka was much higher than in Gaza, the difference in reporting (not to mention condemnation) becomes difficult to explain.
Labels: gaza, media, reporting, sri lanka
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