"Nearly 1,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict, the Lebanese government has said. More than 100 Israelis, most of them soldiers, have also been killed."
Since you are a huge BBC fan, you might be interested to know that some of their reporters were caught lying on camera during their coverage of the Lebanon war.
Definitly a nice report, that only shows us the power of the Media in modern society. Check out Good Night and Good Luck. Still, this power is showed on both sides of the conflict.
I don't believe she was being parcial in her report. She's making a report in Lebanon, with Lebanese people. She *only* has to show their point of view. She's describing what they feel. And if they say that Hizbollah have been then winners, then that's it... It's their point of view. It's what the report should show.
You see the same kind of reports everywhere. They show you, one side of the story. Always. Nevertheless, it's odd to see that even though Hezbollah are a terrorist group, the ammount of civilian cazualties for Israel was minimal compared to Lebanese casualties inflicted by the Israeli Army.
Ultimately there are no winners in War. War on Terror? Defensive War? They are all the same...
Anonymous said…
The point where she was being partial was not when she claimed that Hezbolah won ...
The point was she said the town of 7,000 people had been completely destroyed and that there was no building left standing in sight when, in fact, just behind her camera, there were lots of intact buildings. This is not a mater of opinion, either there were some buildings left standing, or there were not!
Only the center of the town was destroyed.
Anonymous said…
Only the center of the town was destroyed? Even if it was so, how can you argue that? ONLY? Either way, I believe these building look everything exept intact...
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I don't believe she was being parcial in her report. She's making a report in Lebanon, with Lebanese people. She *only* has to show their point of view. She's describing what they feel. And if they say that Hizbollah have been then winners, then that's it... It's their point of view. It's what the report should show.
You see the same kind of reports everywhere. They show you, one side of the story. Always. Nevertheless, it's odd to see that even though Hezbollah are a terrorist group, the ammount of civilian cazualties for Israel was minimal compared to Lebanese casualties inflicted by the Israeli Army.
Ultimately there are no winners in War. War on Terror? Defensive War? They are all the same...
The point was she said the town of 7,000 people had been completely destroyed and that there was no building left standing in sight when, in fact, just behind her camera, there were lots of intact buildings.
This is not a mater of opinion, either there were some buildings left standing, or there were not!
Only the center of the town was destroyed.