The Tarnished Halo Effect

Soccer Dad
13 October '10

The New York Times ran a Reuters report Israel Says Flotilla Detainees Were Treated Well, yesterday. Really nothing surprising about that.


What is is surprising is this (via Daily Alert Blog):

In a TV interview, Turkish journalist Şefik Dinç, who was on the Mavi Marmara and wrote a book about it, said that no shots were fired from the Israeli helicopters and that IDF soldiers did not open fire until their lives were in danger. The interview clearly contradicts the IHH narrative.

Dinç's testimony is important. He's sympathetic to the flotilla. And yet for some reason the mainstream media doesn't pick it up. Of course Israel will defend its soldiers, but when one of its enemies does, that's real news!

And what's true about the media is also true about NGO's.

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