Nov 14, 2012 by harryfear
An urgent update at 6.13pm Palestine time (4.13pm GMT)
Nov 14, 2012 by harryfear
An urgent update at 6.13pm Palestine time (4.13pm GMT)
Hamas continues its rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli official warns of a “Holocaust” in Gaza. And the Palestinian President accuses Hamas of working with Al Qaeda. Just “rhetoric”? Or will Israel re-invade Gaza?
Like most Americans, Alison Weir, the editor of a small-town newspaper in California, knew very little about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, other than what she had gleaned from the evening news or newspaper headlines. As a journalist, her attention was on issues much closer to home. Neither a Muslim nor a Jew, she nevertheless became more curious about the topic of the Palestinian uprising. And as she researched it, she became increasingly suspicious that the American media were not telling us the whole story. Months later, she traveled to the occupied territories as an independent journalist to find out for herself what the U.S. media seemed to be omitting. Three months after returning from Palestine, Alison Weir quit her job and founded If Americans Knew, an organization dedicated to quantifying the ways in which the American media was misinforming the public about the conflict. Ms. Weir explains her group’s methodology, analyzes the data, and reports on the key findings. Producers: Paul Chek and John Odam (2006)
Alternate Focus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational media group promoting an alternative view of Middle East issues.
Dish Network, Free Speech TV, Channel 9415, Saturdays at 8:00pm EST
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