From HonestReporting.com
In a roundup of reactions to the Obama speech, the New York Times' Opinionator blog quotes an outright lie from the blog of Egyptian journalist Jano Charbel, who wrote:
The US President emphasized the historical relationship binding the US & Israel, and condemned the "violence" of Palestinians "who fire rockets at sleeping children" and the "bombing of buses full of innocent civilians and elderly passengers." It must be remembered that the last Palestinian suicide bombing took place in November 2004, and that their primitive home-made rockets usually don't kill Israelis.
The eagle-eyed Elder of Ziyon lists a dozen suicide bombings in the four years after November, 2004, then hits the nail on the head:
Normally, a lying, terror supporting Egyptian blogger is not worth much attention, but when the NYT uncritically quotes him saying something factual, people will believe the fact.
Jano Charbel has since quietly amended his blog entry. The New York Times has yet to do so.
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