Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Just a note that I was contacted this afternoon by a producer for the BBC's Newsnight program who was trying to sniff out any crumbs of information on the Israeli strike into Syria. I must compliment the BBC on this as they are certainly leaving no stone unturned in their desire to acquire info, even recognizing the blogosphere as a source. It also shows what a good job the Israelis and others are doing in keeping mum if even the BBC is casting about to random bloggers to help them flesh out the picture.
I'm told the program (or programme if you will) will be on at 10:30 London time. Watchable here.
No offense, but isn't it a bit odd that they think some random Jew in the US knows the details of one of Israel's most closely kept secrets? I'm not sure I'd be gratified by that producer's notions of the Jewish community.
And even if you had heard something, what sense would they be able to make of it? Every Israeli with a cousin in the Air Force is running his mouth about some crazy "secret" he's privy to.
I more got the feeling that they wanted to tap me as a human news aggregator. Why rely on Google or Technorati or whatever when a five minute conversation with someone (a human) who you think has been following things closely may be able to point out something you hadn't noticed?
I hope the BBC reads your blog faithfully; they might actually learn something.