Propaganda Among the Bombing
Charles Johnson
Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 8:57 pm PDT • Views: 255
Israeli troops enter southern Lebanon, and Hizballah is making special efforts to let international media cover the damage.
Members of Hezbollah told CNN that Israel’s aerial assault has not damaged their ability to fight, and vowed to struggle to the death.
Hezbollah officials gave CNN exclusive access to the southern suburbs of Beirut — the area thought to house the organization’s headquarters, CNN’s Nic Robertson reported.
Robertson noted that his tour of the area was hurried, and he could not confirm the group’s claims that civilians were being targeted or that it had no weapons stockpiles.
Hezbollah members told him that morale is good, Robertson said.
They can’t compete on the physical battlefield, so they’re exploiting the media battlefield to the hilt.
Frank says: