Now fast rewind to a couple of months ago, similar event, Prime Minster Siniora held a sumptuous marriage celebration for his son in the Saray (the Prime Minster’s Palace) For several days however AL Manar top news was a detailed coverage of the celebration, that dwelled on the kind of food that was served, the invited personalities and even the color of the napkins…
Al Manar ridiculed PM Siniora, asking how he dared use the Saray for personal use, even though PM Siniora hardly ever goes out of the compound for security reasons. The campaign went for days and days, frankly it was nauseating.
This time around not a word not even an insinuation was uttered on the President and his son’s marriage. That’s my friends is called pure hypocrisy…
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Bob,
first thanks for your kinds words regarding the previous post. Like I said, I was not complimenting you but rather expressing an opinion I have formed on you from your posts.
As for this, *lol*. I can see why you are disppointed. But it is not surprising at all! PM Seniora is one of Hezbollah's main rivals, whereas the President Lahoud is one of Hezbollah's main allies (for many years). So, it is only natural, as a result of media politics, for Manar TV to focus its efforts on what makes it political campaign facilitated.
But, let us not forget other televisions like Future TV and New TV. I can never watch Future TV news or most of their political shows because I hate nothing as much as extremism, all sorts of extremism. Future TV satisfies that, from the kind of coverage they aim to convey to the bad name calling they use for political figures that are opposed to Hariri. Being rude does not get the point across but rather helps feed hatred into many of its viewers, who if they are not educated, are going to buy the propaganda. New TV is a little bit better than Future TV, but it's still extreme. I personally would say that LBC is trying its best to cover both sides of the story although sometimes tendencies towards the March 14 bloc surface, however, I think they represent a more moderate and less subjective interpretation of the Lebanese politics when compared to stations like Future TV or Manar TV or New TV.
I could not agree more. i too think that LBC's coverage is one of the most objective in lebanon.
I consider the rest just propaganda mouthpieces, including FTV...
I hoped that OTV will be another unbiased TV but putting Jean Aziz in charge and what i saw until now is not very encouraging, what do you think?
Want to see a perfect example of hypocrisy:
http://www.counterpunch.org/lamb05242007.html
bob,
OTV will be a biased channel, that's a promise I make to you. However, I think it will try to avoid the extremist language. But, OTV being unbiased, is like over-reaching to pull a star from the skies.
Anonymous
Yep that is another Seymour Hersh... no sources no references no logic and even loads of inaccurate info, if you based your assumption on that i can only wish you good luck!
First Seymour Hersh is not Franklin Lamb!
Franklin Lamb is a researcher at the AUB who actually,
as you can read in teh article, went ON THE GROUND
to see by himself what was going on.
Second Seymour Hersh is one of the most respected
accurated journalists famous for his integrity.
He revealed so many scandals that were first refuted
as 'ridiculous'... but later everybody had to recognise
that he was revealing the truth.
But hey if you want to rely exclusively on michael young for your info, good luck man!
Anonymous
On the groud right?
Well he does quite a few remarkable things. First he says that “Press figures of 30,000-32,000 are not accurate. 45,000 live in Bared! Contrary to some reports food and water still not being allowed in.”
Where did he get this number? What is his source, what is worse is the guy contradict himself a coupel of lines after “Nahr el-Bared is 7 miles north of Tripoli near the stunning Mediterranean coast and is home to more than 32,000 refuges many of whom were expelled from the Lake Huleh area of Palestine, including Safed.”
I like how he says that the figure of 32000 is inaccurate but then he use that number!!! He is defiantly a trustworthy journalist, did not even bother to fact check and edit his own piece!
“To understand what is going on with Fatah al-Islam at Nahr el-Bared one would want a brief introduction to Lebanon's amazing, but shadowy 'Welch Club'.
The Club is named for its godfather, David Welch, assistant to Secretary of State Rice who is the point man for the Bush administration and is guided by Eliot Abrams.
Key Lebanese members of the Welch Club (aka: the 'Club') include:” in short he says this group include geagea, joumblatt and Hariri.
Great, but once more where did he get his information? At least he should say that he got “a la libanaise” from an unnamed source… then he says where he got his info “According to operatives of Fatah el-Islam, the Bush administration got cold feet with people like Seymour Hirsh snooping around and with the White House post-Iraq discipline in free fall. Moreover, Hezbollah intelligence knew all about the Clubs activities and was in a position to flip the two groups who were supposed to ignite a Sunni ¬Shia civil war which Hezbollah vows to prevent.”
A ridiculous claim, which indicate that some fateh al islam operative knows what the American want and planned!!!!!!
Notice the reference to hersh and Hezbollah’s intelligence, hmm I smell a link there!
Another inaccuracy “Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (newly recruited to serve the bidding of the Club and the Future Movement)” the ISF was formed with the independence of Lebanon!
And “The Seniora cabinet convenes and asks the Lebanese Army to enter the refugee camp and silence (in more ways than one) Fatah-al-Islam. Since entrance into the Camps is forbidden by the 1969 Arab league agreement, the Army refuses after realizing the extent of the conspiracy against it by the Welch Club.” the 1969 Arab league agreement called the Cairo agreement was abolished in 84-85 by President Amine Gemayel.
And “The club tried to seize control of the presidency and when it failed it marginalized it. Last year it tried to control of the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee, which audits the government's policies, laws and watch dogs their actions. When the Club failed to control it they simply abolished the Constitutional Committee. This key committee no longer exists in Lebanon's government.” This committee has been out of order since 2005, not last year!!!
The end sentence tells it all “Hezbollah is watching and supporting the Lebanese army.” Mais bein sur, anyone remembers Nassrallah forbidding the army from entering the camp the famous red line speech. Anyone remember how Hezbollah did not accept the army taking one of Hezbollah’s arms shipments. And what support is he talking about? They never ever gave one bullet to the army not even when the army was out of ammunition while attacking Naher el bared!!
Finally, another gross error the cairo agreement is no longer in effect it was nulled by the Lebanese parliament on 1987:
“Resolution adopted by the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies, 21 May 1987
1. Abrogation of the law issued by the Chamber of Deputies on 14 June 1983, authorizing the Government to ratify the agreement signed by the Government of the Lebanese Republic and the Government of the State of Israel on 17 May 1983.
2. The agreement signed on 3 November 1969 between the head of the Lebanese delegation General Emile Bustani and the Chairman of the PLO and which is known as the "Cairo Agreement" is hereby null and void as if it had never existed. Further, all annexes and measures related to the Cairo Agreement are hereby null and void as if they had never existed.
3. This law will become effective upon its publication in the Official Gazette.”
Source: http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/historic_documents/1969_cairo_agreement.asp
PS: AUB site does not has any info or trace about FRANKLIN LAMB… wonder why…
So if I a humble citizens found these mistakes and errors (made on purpose or not) in 30 min, I wonder how many a professional journalist or a fact checker can find in an in depth analysis. Bytheway the same applies to Seymour Hersh and he is no longer a respected journalist…
>“According to operatives of Fatah el-Islam, the Bush administration got cold feet with people like Seymour Hirsh snooping around and with the White House post-Iraq discipline in free fall. Moreover, Hezbollah intelligence knew all about the Clubs activities and was in a position to flip the two groups who were supposed to ignite a Sunni ¬Shia civil war which Hezbollah vows to prevent.”
Why, in a million years, would the Bush administration want to ignite a war in Lebanon? It has been used as one of the fleeting examples of the Iraq invasion since the March 14 uprising accurred months after the January Iraq voting which is viewed by some to incourage Hariri to stand more firmly against Syria which led to his assassination which sparked the upheavel in Beirut that drove out Syrian forces (if not temporarily).
The Lebanon uprising and the Invasion of Iraq scaring Libya into disclosing and disposing its nuke weapons program (the WMD were scheduled ready for black market sale by the second half of '06 prior to their interception) are some of the few bright lights of the Iraq Invasion, or at lest the Libyan example remains given the recent 2 years of trouble for Lebanon.
I don't think you want this guy as your go to source, "Anonymous."
And is "Anonymous" just Sam not willing to post under his own name since he's banned? Either way, could you just come up with a name to write at the end of your comments like "Joe" or something?
[Hey Bob, I've been checking in periodically, but hadn't felt like posting anything until now. Oh, and since your a bit of science guy, have you heard about Helium 3, yet?].
Are you serious Bob?
More than 32000 is not incontradiction with 45000, Yes the cairo agreement was "nullified" but it was still respected by the different parties....but does it really matter? What you are doing is going into details and avoiding the main argument: The Hararis and the Welsh club are the ones who created the Fath el Islam problem not Syria. Otherwise please provide us with an other explanation for the "bank robbery" stuff, the link with the FSI intervention in different neighborhoods of Tripoli, the Kalamoun trap and bombings, the checks written by Hariri, the appartments with seaview... You are not giving any explanation! All you are doing is saying "I did't find Lamb in the AUB" and such sordid details.
You know you remind me of this Yemeni guy who told me that "Man never went on the moon"!!
Yes according to this guy it was all propaganda. When I asked him to give me an answer for the pictures and so forth he simply said "It is fiction made in Hollywood". All this because he thought that going to the moon did not match with his set of islamic beliefs and values.
So Seymour Hersh reveals this and it exposes this government for what it is and it opposes your set of beliefs and values, so instead of adapting and accepting the facts you just go in denial and decide (says who) that Seymour Hersh is not respected! Oh yeah? Hersh is STILL one of the most if not the most respected guy in the profession. Again give us an explanation and link with the bank and the amounts "stolen", the empty checks...
Salvic mike
hello my friend long time no see...glade to see you posting again. just the idea that some fateh al islam guy knows what bush or welsh are planning is sooo funny .
about helium 3 it is used for nuclear fusion, you can know more about it from wikipedia...
peace and take care
Anonymous
what i did was prove thattheguy is unreliable. When you have that many contradictions and errors in an article it cast a doubt on all elese.
second i have to prove nothing , the number one rule in journalism is the ONE who accuses must prove what he says not the defendant.
now if you think that these are sordid details, i beg to differ an articles based on details and when i can find that amount of contradictions i am sorry but this cast a large doubt on all the rest...
finally, the head of the army himself (respected even by HA) said that no Lebanese governmental party helped fateh Islam...
so plz next time you use an article make sure he has strong sources and evidence not a half finished piece of rumors that does not name even a single source. and remember HE HAS to bring proof NOT ME!!!!
unless you bring some new evidence or points i think that further discussions will be useless, so i am waiting... for your evidence or sources...
So YOU and this guy (who is NOT a researcher at AUB) have to bring concrete proves about their accusations, not just empty accusation in an article that is so full of contradictions that is laughable.
and by the way man did land on the moon :P seriously these kind of analogies do you wrong man, try to avoid them and concentrate on debunking my points.
for your explanations: where did ever see a check by hariri? where did u ever see a apartments bought or leased by hariri to these guys... all rumors... bring me one concrete evident: a photocopy of check, or a lease, meanwhile al manar and al akhbar are spending their days trying to find one and cant find it... plz
about your points i l repeat exactly what the guy said “Press figures of 30,000-32,000 are not accurate. 45,000 live in Bared! Contrary to some reports food and water still not being allowed in.” and then he says "Nahr el-Bared is 7 miles north of Tripoli near the stunning Mediterranean coast and is home to more than 32,000 refuges..."
that is ridiculous, and when you say more than 32000 is not a contradiction with 45000 is even more funny n view of what he said that 32000 is innacurate!!!!
On the issue of who's backing the Palestinian camps, here's an article by the Iranian Resistance citing Iran as the culprit.
It lists names and places...
http://www.ncr-iran.org/content/view/3864/153/
Bob,
I mentioned Helium 3 because, despite the lack of a full explanation on the Wikipedia page, there's a massive NASA program currently in the works (the Wiki page only made note of Chinese and Russian operations) to colonize and strip mine the moon for Helium-3 by 2020 where there is somewhere between 1 to 5 million tons of the molecule used in nuclear fusion.
The significance of this is that ONE METRIC TON of Helium-3 (transported back to earth in liquid form like propane) can power a city of 10 million for a whole year!
Which means, if you can keep up the good fight and wait out the troubles facing Lebanon for the next 13 years or so, the price of oil will plummet to about $5 a barrel and the Iranian, Saudi, and (to a degree) US interests that continue to stir your country will run out of money for buying guns and influence and Lebanon should finally see peace.
Of course, Russian espionage in the US is at an all time high and with the emergence of the "anti-NATO" SCO consisting of Russia, China, and Iran.
Moscow is probably selling all its space/defense intel to the Chinese for their ambitious space program to strip mine the moon also and with their January 07 missile attack on an aging US weather satellite, their's a chance that China may be planning to set up a space defense system that keeps the US, or at the very least disrupts, from planting a firm stake on the moon long term.
Of course the Chinese are probably banking on the US trying to control the whole moon, which is understandable.
Anyways, that's a problem for us Americans to worry about. In the meantime, it seems kind of funny to think that Lebanon's eventual peace may lie with the moon.
Here's a Popular Mechanics article on the subject:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/1283056.html?page=1
>"Chinese for their ambitious space program to strip mine the moon also and with their January 07 missile attack on an aging US weather satellite,"
Mistype, I meant "attack on an aging Chinese weather satellite,"
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