Thursday, September 9, 2004
Sorry for the lack of posting. The site has been down today until just now. I attended an interesting talk and film showing this evening presented by BU Professor Richard Landes (last seen here). The film (still in its first-draft form) uses raw, unedited video footage to demonstrate the way the international press shirks its responsibility to convey the truth of the Middle East Conflict, with particular focus on the "death" of Mohammed Aldura. Highly illuminating. I'll be doing one of my reports later.
It's been amusing to watch the media gyrations today as CBS is exposed as so desperate to shill for their candidate they're down to using forged documents. Question now: What's the provenance of the docs? Someone should really explain to them that if they absolutely insist on dragging their man across the finish-line, they really shouldn't do it while holding him around the neck. By the time the race is finished, they'll find their guy is dead.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=51221&d=9&m=9&y=2004
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?table=old§ion=current&issue=2004-09-11&id=4987
Unfortunately they don't have Landes's speech on video there on the general introduction and Brigitte's speech.
They have the transcript but of course that's not the same as hearing someone speak.
Mike