What CNN Bias?
Charles Johnson
Fri Aug 18, 2006 at 8:13 am PDT • Views: 405
After uncritically publishing hundreds (if not thousands) of photos misrepresented and staged by Hizballah, CNN suddenly decides to inform their readers that images from Lebanon may have been edited.
By Israel.
Video provokes questions of Lebanese army. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
In the video, two Israeli tanks roll up to the gate of the Marjeyoun garrison, where a white surrender flag flutters outside the barracks.
Inside, Lebanese soldiers hold trays with glasses of tea, which they offer to the Israelis. The encounter appears merely social.
However, it is possible that unpleasant parts of the video were deleted during editing.
After the video aired, the Lebanese interior ministry ordered the arrest of the base commander, Gen. Adnan Daoud, according to The Associated press. Lebanon does not recognize Israel and forbids its citizens any contact with Israelis.
At one point in the video, Daoud and an Israeli soldier have the following exchange, as translated by CNN’s Octavia Nasr:
Daoud: “Don’t we need to tell our bosses?”
Israeli soldier: “Tell whoever you want.”
Daoud: “We need to brief them on what happened.”
Israeli soldier: “We briefed (U.S. President) Bush. You brief whoever you want.”
Daoud: “We need to brief Bush too.”
According to Nasr, the tape reflects the Lebanese army’s hands-off policy in the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Lebanon didn’t want to turn the conflict into a war between it and Israel, she said.
The actions, as depicted in a video where parts may have been deleted and edited, could suggest the Lebanese army is weak and unable to take southern Lebanon back from Hezbollah without help.
Frank says: