Expert slams MSM coverage of Lebanon-mentions counterfeit money
"Middle East analyst Barry Rubin has nothing but disdain for the Western media’s reporting on the region he has spent years studying. The story in Lebanon was the worst reported story I’ve ever seen.”
- There are so many inaccuracies… A lot of the reporters have no special knowledge
- He slammed the western media for accepting uncritically civilian casualty numbers provided by the Lebanese government.
- He slammed the media for under-reporting stories from Israel and for being taken in by concocted events in Lebanon.
- I feel we’ll find the whole Qana [incident] never happened.
- It’s easy to give people money if you printed it yourself, he quipped, adding that the media could have easily exposed the bogus relief effort had they chosen to.
Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 08:19AM
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In an update to our story from earlier today, we see this photograph, sent out by the Israeli Defense Forces. Cash from Iran? We've heard that before! I wonder if the IDF discovered any Korean super-notes amongst the Iranian stash, or if Iran is merely
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