Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Shuja’iya’

Guest post on the fake Gaza sniper video

A man named Gabe Silber left a comment on my Facebook page about the fake Gaza sniper video. This is just too magnificent to not share. With Gabe’s permission, here it is. First, the original fake Gaza sniper video, put out by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Then the horrendously dishonest Channel 4 News story,…

 

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Rotten British TV report on Gaza sniper video

Someone asked me if I’d seen Channel 4 News’s report “What Really Happened to Salem Shamaly?” I hadn’t. Now I have. This absolutely horrendous pile of manure should make reporter Inigo Gilmore the global laughingstock of the news profession. But it won’t. It’s a followup to the fake Gaza sniper video I wrote about on…

 

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A case study of media malpractice

On July 20-23, 2014, the Israeli Defense Forces assaulted the Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah (also spelled Shejaiya, Shejaiyya, Shuja’iyya, Shijaiyeh, Shujayya, Shuja’ia, Shuja’iya, and Sajaiyeh). The reporting on this military action is one of the most exceptional examples of media malpractice I’ve ever seen. Not only was the purpose of the assault concealed, vital…

 

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