Comments on: Taking Sides http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/24/taking-sides/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Day In Israel: Mon Sept 21st, 2009 : Israellycool http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/24/taking-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-23125 The Day In Israel: Mon Sept 21st, 2009 : Israellycool Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:14:27 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/24/taking-sides/#comment-23125 [...] laid back, affable fellow, and when he made it on to the Australian version of 60 minutes, he showed signs of not following in the footsteps of fellow 60 minuter Richard Carleton. In other words, not displaying an [...] [...] laid back, affable fellow, and when he made it on to the Australian version of 60 minutes, he showed signs of not following in the footsteps of fellow 60 minuter Richard Carleton. In other words, not displaying an [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/24/taking-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:09:48 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/24/taking-sides/#comment-7139 Aussie, you would on the other hand be shocked by the bias shown by SBS on Dateline this week. Loads of emotive footage from Lebanon, with no differing opinions at all [guess which ones we got], and no objective war analysis or interviews either. Negus then aggressively interviewed an Israeli in his usuial style, about the genuine debates and flak going on there -but NO footage of any Israeli damage was shown as balance. Impression: 'Israel lost, and deserved to.' Democratic analysis seems only necessary in Israel, according to Negus's Dateline. As for Lebanon, it's all 'Go Hezb, our Resistance!' Aussie, you would on the other hand be shocked by the bias shown by SBS on Dateline this week. Loads of emotive footage from Lebanon, with no differing opinions at all [guess which ones we got], and no objective war analysis or interviews either.

Negus then aggressively interviewed an Israeli in his usuial style, about the genuine debates and flak going on there -but NO footage of any Israeli damage was shown as balance. Impression: ‘Israel lost, and deserved to.’

Democratic analysis seems only necessary in Israel, according to Negus’s Dateline. As for Lebanon, it’s all ‘Go Hezb, our Resistance!’

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