Monday, March 24, 2008
Oh sure, their re-published blog posts carry a disclaimer:
The following blog post is from an independent writer and is not connected with Reuters News. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by Reuters.com.
But, of course, they don't re-print every blog post out there, only the ones they choose, and you just know some Reuters editor thought they were so clever being able to get out what was really on their mind by choosing to print this under Top News: Israeli Troops Given the Go-Ahead to Kill Peaceful Palestinian Protesters
The Zionist regime has given orders to allow Israeli troops to fire live rounds on Palestinians protesting the illegal Apartheid Wall surrounding Jerusalem. So as not to acquire bad press, the order to use lethal force against protesters does not extend to protests in which Israeli and international peace activists are also participating...
It goes on in that vein for three paragraphs -- typical terror-state propaganda. As Honest Reporting notes (from whom, the link):
Merely the term "Zionist regime", popularized by terrorist groups and individuals such as Iran's President Ahmadinejad, should have been enough to raise alarm bells at Reuters as to the unsuitability of such a posting. Not to mention the contents of the piece itself...
I'd imagine that the Reuters editors' radar for this sort of thing isn't quite up to Aegis standards.
