Bias "news", Know Thy Source -- khalil hamra
May-20-04
Today's front page newspaper story about 30 "innocent palestinian civilian victims" of the situation being killed was written by the associated press' khalil hamra
Do a search on him with "bias" included and this is a paragraph from the first piece that came up:
The Associated Press article does attempt to substantiate its claims with independent, non-ISM eyewitnesses, a refreshing change from the past. They quote both a Khalil Abdullah and a Khalil Hamra, who concur with the ISM's story. But neither of these individuals are without bias. Khalil Abdullah reported that, although not a member, he works with the group.
And Khalil Hamra? A photographer on assignment for the Associated Press, Hamra works out of Rafah, specializing in pictures of armed Palestinian militants, the bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF, and anti-Israeli protests. He seems to have enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the International Solidarity Movement, taking many of the pictures in the aftermath of Rachel Corrie's death and Tom Hurndall's shooting, as well as pictures of the ISM at anti-American protests - most notably, the infamous shot of Rachel Corrie screaming in rage as, surrounded by Palestinian children, she lights on fire a paper American flag. While the subjects of a photographer do not necessarily indicate his sympathies, we note from a 10 June 2002 statement by the Foreign Press Association that Khalil Hamra of Rafah was jailed for several days in 2002 by the Israeli Defense Force while working for Reuters in Ramallah. IDF spokesmen explained that the arrest was due to suspicions that linked him to terror activities. Solidarity With Terrorists
Hence, This is Halil Hamra, of Gaza-stan Fabricated "news" & Assoc. with a cut CLEAR "mission".
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H. wrote:
Bias "news", Know Thy Source, since we have seen years of pictures of would-be palestinians in swarms of hundreds wailing at the funerals of their terrorists, or in black hoods and waving their automatic rifles (images which they apparently think show their strength) -- but we have NEVER seen pictures of the results of their "work accidents" -- i think one would have to be brain dead to not realize that a photographer would not be granted access unless he/she evinced bias.
That is a very valid point H.!
Unlike the US and Israeli Free press system, one can be sure that access will be ONLY to clearly "good" helpers in 'Palestinian'-movie producing propaganda.
Staged Desperation
The Rafah spin