Heather Hiscox with Peter Kent and Miriam Ziv
Heather is of course on about the "UN School" with both of them, which is pretty clearly now documented to have been a military site when hit; Heather appears to know none of this, or perhaps simply to suppress this information. She is either phenomenally lazy as a journalist, or of course an advocate. I do not know which. Either seems likely - the CBC is not known m,uch anymore for in-depth analysis or for departing from its favorite narratives.Noah Pollak has a nice short reflection on this behavior, by no means confined to the CBC.
If he wishes to be particularly scrupulous, he might additionally note that Hamas had rigged the school with explosives which detonated after the IDF took out the mortar team, killing a large additional number of civilians. And he might add that you can go to the IDF’s Youtube channel to view footage from 2007 of Hamas using the very same school as a mortar-launching base.
Journalists who abjure reporting the vital details of this story should be called what they are — activists masquerading as reporters.
Labels: advocacy, Gaza, lazy journalism
posted by Alan Adamson @ 11:51 AM
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I wish you would of asked her why she says "Of Course" over and over. This means a well known fact, something obvious to all. How is "Of Course, people died or whatever" a well known fact when its a brand new story. Why does she always look at me with that stern face. She is actually mandatory viewing for a broadcasting course I know of, ON HOW NOT TO DO IT. The "Of Course" over and over is irritating. There is no need to ever use these words. Don't assume we know what you are talking about.
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