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You have to feel sorry for Jerusalem Post columnist Larry “Sam the Eagle” Derfner. With his eyebrows clearly eating away at his brain, he has decided to enter the cage with Richard Landes, who was instrumental in telling the world about the Muhammad Al Dura hoax.

And while Derfner perhaps thought that digging himself a deep enough hole would help him emerge from the cage, what we have instead is the debating equivalent of King Kong Bundy bodyslamming Little Beaver.

Here’s Derfner’s column and here’s Richard’s response.

Enjoy!

This week on Shire Network News my partner, Tom Paine, hosted the show from Australia and spoke to Philippe Karsenty about his recent appeal success in Paris. It’s a great show, even if I’m not hosting it!

Podcast Probes the Al-Durah Hoax Yet Again

It’s a good day for truth, justice and the American way with the French Court of Appeals overturning last year’s judgment against Philippe Karsenty (that’s him to the left of me in the picture), who was found liable for “insulting” France 2 TV and reporter Charles Enderlin, after he wrote an article claiming the Mohammed Al Durah clip broadcast by France 2 was a fraud.

There has been no blogger who has followed this as closely as my friend Richard Landes. This is what he had to say after the decision:

Now we get to see how the French (and Western) MSM handle this. It’s a stunning victory for Karsenty and loss for Enderlin and France2 who initiated this case when they didn’t have to.

In order for an appeals court to reverse a decision, they must have strong evidence to the contrary.

The fact that they did indicates that their written decision will be very critical of France2. The implications of this decision are immense.

Be sure to check out his blog for updates and further discussion on the decision.