tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post6786951092402126865..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Guardian: No Smear Tactics or Misrepresentations AllowedYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-5932751082344965632009-05-13T11:49:00.000+03:002009-05-13T11:49:00.000+03:00It never ceases to amaze me that Georgina Henry ca...It never ceases to amaze me that Georgina Henry can perpetrate such guff and yet be blind to the fact that bias, misrepresentation and smear tactics are the stock in trade of most of her authors who condemn Israel. <br /><br />One author in particular has been shown more than once to be economical with the actualite in order to make his points, but the posts of anyone who argued with his research (or rather that it was evident that he had done little or no research and what little he had done was in itself biased) were rapidly deleted. <br /><br />For Henry to be so blind, to have the brass neck to argue as if she is the Duchess in this particular abattoir, smacks of lunacy rather than mere irrationality.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228097284619185035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-25496403905385700302009-05-13T08:14:00.000+03:002009-05-13T08:14:00.000+03:00Speaking of the Guardian, which you do from time-t...Speaking of the Guardian, which you do from time-to-time, did you catch this story?<br /><br />Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote<br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/11/international/i090708D96.DTL&tsp=1<br /><br />I wasn't too surprised by this finding: "The Guardian of Britain, became the first to admit its obituarist lifted material straight from Wikipedia."<br /><br />At least they admitted it, but then, no Jews were involved.Morey Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886157582583010411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-12619668781617697182009-05-13T07:09:00.000+03:002009-05-13T07:09:00.000+03:00One new bit is to clarify our approach to comments...<I>One new bit is to clarify our approach to comments about us, ie the Guardian and its writers/bloggers – basically, criticism is fine (we're used to it by now), persistent misrepresentation and smear tactics are not.</I>Translation:<br /><br />Any criticism of Guardian management or editorship or moderation - paticularly of its anti-Semitic bias - will be censored.<br /><br />Any criticism of the inherently totalitarian and oppressive nature of political Islam will be censored.<br /><br />Mis-representation and smear tactics are perfectly acceptable when the targets are Jews or Zionists or their supporters.Philo-Semitenoreply@blogger.com