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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Ilaine who wrote (99019)5/24/2003 2:01:12 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Sullivan says Hedges has a long history of pro-pal pieces.

>>>HEDGES AGAIN: Yes, the NYT hack who gave the offensive commencement speech was the same Chris Hedges who wrote the now-infamous piece of factually-challenged anti-Israel propaganda, published by the old leftist bore, Lewis Lapham. Here's a righteous fisking of the piece. Hedges is a political extremist masquerading as a reporter. That's why he has found such a comfortable niche at Howell Raines' New York Times.<<

Here is the "Fisking"

Chris Hedges, Harper's, and Israel

November 7, 2001

Chris Hedges--"A Gaza Diary: Scenes from the Palestinian Uprising," published in the September/October edition of Harper's, is severely marred by material errors and grave anti-Israel bias. Despite being an experienced journalist, Mr. Hedges repeatedly offers verbatim Palestinian claims of Israeli misconduct without providing either an Israeli response or independent corroborating information. CAMERA has now fact-checked numerous allegations made by the reporter and has found many to be false. Following are some of the major errors identified.
REST AT:http://world.std.com/~camera/docs/alert/hedges.html
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