Do you folks remember this headline blaring across the world yesterday?
From the AP-
40 Killed in Strike on Lebanese Village
By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer
"An hour ago, there was a horrific massacre in the
Local TV stations had reported that about 40 people were buried under the rubble of houses that collapsed after being targeted by Israeli airstrikes.
From Reuters via the
Lebanon PM says 40 killed in Israeli strike
Reuters
"An hour ago, a horrific massacre took place in Houla village as a result of the intentional Israeli bombardment that resulted in more than 40 martyrs," Siniora told an Arab foreign ministers meeting in
As it turns out, it was not true.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora Monday retracted an earlier declaration claiming that 40 people had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of
Speaking to reporters after the latest Lebanese police reports said only one person was killed, and that 65 people had been removed alive from rubble, Seniora said: “The information which was given to me earlier was not accurate.”
Now, I do not blame the media for getting the story incorrect. This is what they were told by the tearful PM of
However, when I do a Google search with the words "40 killed in
When I do a Google search with the words "40 killed in
After seeing the huge disparity between 9970 stories and then the corrected version of 7 stories, it is a little tough to understand how so many folks cannot see and understand that there is a huge propaganda war by the media against
I truly wonder how many people after seeing yesterday's headline; have absolutely no clue that it was not true. The media has the responsibility to get the truth out to the American people. As you can see, getting the truth out is not something the media want to do.
Of course not. We have already seen the evidence that they will not.
1 comment:
I've learned over the years not to believe a bloomin' thing the MSM reports. It doesn't matter if it's actually true or not, they have betrayed the trust of the publice too many times for anything they report to be credible...IMHO.
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