Archive for November 24th, 2003

BBC Corrects Mistake

The BBC have now removed the quotation marks. The fact that they were there in the first place is troubling. This is the second time I have pounced on news items from the web, only to have my original point rendered incorrect or obscured by subsequent corrections. Update: LGF reader OverWatch has provided this link [...]

Eye on the Arab News

Al Bawaba seem to be implying that Ariel Sharon would like to move Muslims out of Europe with this headline: Israel deports three Palestinians to Gaza as Sharon says stronger Muslim presence in Europe endangers Jews This implication is reinforced by a quote attributed to one of the terrorists deported to Gaza. “Even if Israel [...]

Bigot in the Blogosphere

There have been a number of voices in the blogosphere expressing their displeasure at criticism of Israel and Jews constituting anti-Semitism. While I do not have a problem with people expressing views that differ from my own, I am increasingly disturbed by some of these views since they seem to be emanating from bloggers whose [...]

BBC Outdoes Itself

The BBC have alot of explaining to do with this headline: Israeli barrier guards ‘killed’ Why on Earth did the BBC see it fit to put quotation marks around the word “killed”? Here are my theories: 1. They meant to put the quotation marks around the word “Israeli.” Since they do not acknowledge the existence [...]

My Two Cents on Michael Jackson

1. Michael is 100% guilty of being the weirdest person alive. Assuming that really is Michael we see, and not some replacement Michael created by aliens that abducted the real Michael in the early 80s. 2. On the Martin Bashir documentary shown on Israeli television last night, Michael insisted he was telling the truth when [...]