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ABC uses bogus video to attack image of Syrian government
May 12th, 2011 by Syd Walker

Today I happened to be on Twitter, approximately mid-day Australian time, when a tweet caught my eye.

Jess Hill

Jess Hill

I’ve been following @jessradio for some weeks. Her full name is apparently Jess Hill, an ABC journalist who’s been tweeting prolifically about north Africa and the middle east.

This morning she tweeted an appeal for someone to check out video footage and provided a link to a page on the ABC wesbite entitled Syrian protesters beaten by security (the link is now dead)

She sent her message directed to ‘Syrian tweeps’.

I can’t show you the exact tweet, because Jess seems to have since deleted it for reasons best known to herself (but which may become more apparent).

Dialogue between @jessradio and TrellaB

Dialogue between @jessradio and TrellaB

She received a reply from someone in Lebanon called TrellaB, who seems to fit the bill of a ‘Syrian tweep’.

I clicked on the link in @jessradio’s tweet. It took me to the page on the ABC website displayed below.

The ‘story’ is mostly a video which the ABC says “cannot be independently verified”.

I’ve screen-captured one scene from the video displayed on the ABC web page .  The video itself was accompanied by the following, rather minimal text:

Headline: Syrian protesters beaten by security

Source: ABC News
Published: Sunday, May 8, 2011 9:44 AEST
Expires: Saturday, August 6, 2011 9:44 AEST

Caption: Amateur video, which cannot be independently verified, shows heavily-armed Syrian security beating anti-government protesters.

ABC's alleged Syrian atrocity story

ABC's alleged Syrian atrocity story

The next thing I did was check the link kindly tweeted to Jess by her friend Imad Bazzi (@TrellaLB) in Lebanon.

This took me to a YouTube video entitled Hezbollah VS 14 azar : 7 ayar. It’s a few years old and is of Lebanese origins. Clearly this is the same footage shown in the horrifying story on  the ABC story.

I reproduce one screen-shot from the YouTube video to make the point. It’s clearly the same scene as above.

Video of atrocity in Lebanon a few years ago

Video of atrocity in Lebanon a few years ago

To summarize, the ABC website – website of the publicly-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation which fondly cultivates a reputation for objectivity and accuracy in news reporting – has been running a video as a news item for several days purporting to depict recent brutality by Syrian Government forces, when in fact it’s old footage from a different country!

I tweeted Jess in some anger about this – as well as the Managing Director of the ABC. Jess at least had the decency to reply. Here’s what she said in reply:

“I’d say it’s not dishonesty as much as carelessness. Reminds everyone the importance of verifying”

Well, I’m sorry Jess, but I cannot see that. The story in question was a targeted hit-piece on Syria. It deceptively portrayed video images of Syrian “security”, using material that had nothing to do with Syria.

That’s no accident. It’s deliberate deception. ‘Accidents’ like that simply do not happen through ‘carelessness’. Please don’t insult the intelligence of ABC viewers.

Stop Bombing Libya!

Stop Bombing Libya!

Whoever was responsible for this psy-op should be subject to disciplinary action and show good reason why they shouldn’t be fired. If the order to run the story emanated from the top, heads should roll at the top of the ABC.

Secondly, as this video was running for days (before it was taken down within an hour of my Twitter exchanges) a prominent retraction should be posted on the ABC website front page explaining and apologizing for the mistake.

The public deserves better than a publicly-funded broadcaster that lies for a partisan agenda.

Will Media Watch run this story or has it become tamed and corrupted too?

Go ahead ABC… surprise me!

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UPDATE (7pm Thursday 12th May)

Since publishing the above article a few hours ago and promoting it via Twitter, I’ve had a bit of feedback.

Julie Possetti and Syd Walker Twitter exchange

Julie Possetti and Syd Walker Twitter exchange

Fellow independent activists have re-tweeted the story – many thanks!

Australian media analyst and academic Juli Posetti (of Twitdef fame) contacted me to say that she didn;t think I don’t think it was “a case of dishonest or propaganda but a consequence of new models of publication/verification“.

That led to a brief exchange of messages on Twitter (see right). To say the least, I’m not convinced by Julie’s suggestion.

Jonathan Holmes of Media Watch also sent me a private message on Twitter. It’s reproduced below.

Johnathan seems to imply journalism is best left to the pros who really know what they’re doing. Suits, like him, in other words.

If only he was right. I wish…

Anyhow, as Johnathan may have spare time on his hands this week (now his brilliant scoop has been tarnished by my clumsy meddling), perhaps he’ll be open to an idea from the great unwashed for a special Media Watch project?

I suggest he looks at this, this and this – and reports on Media Watch next week, for the first time in a  decade, how the story of the decade has been avoided by the ABC… for a decade.

Jonathan Holmes' grumpy tweet

Jonathan Holmes’ grumpy tweet

Media Watch indeed!

How silly does the ABC think their viewers are?

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Syria atrocity map

Syria atrocity map

UPDATE TWO (8pm Thursday 12th May)

In my earlier update I forgot to mention Jess Hill, the ‘journalist’ whose tweet started off this little tale of deception, cover-up, pomposity and general spookery.

Jess seems to have recovered from external irritants and is tweeting away still, networking with fellow ‘journalists’ and ‘independent bloggers’ in the middle east or thereabouts.

Here’s what she had to say an hour or so ago about a shocking map of absolutely horrific things that have been happening in Syria.

I tweeted an irreverent reply. So far I haven’t heard back :-)

Twitter exchange with Jess Hill

Twitter exchange with Jess Hill


80 Responses  
  • sentience writes:
    May 12th, 20115:59 pmat

    three of the eight board members of the abc (chairman included) are jewish. the sbs chairman, likewise.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 12th, 20118:32 pmat

      If you intend to share gems such as this here ‘sentience’, perhaps you could at least provide detail and ideally a link substantiating your claim. You might also explain the relevance as you see it.

      I’m not saying your facts are wrong (I don’t know) – and I’m not saying the subject is irrelevant. I just think it’s useful for the person who introduces information to (a) go some way to authenticating it, and (b) explain, in their opinion, why it matters.

        

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      • mica writes:
        May 29th, 20121:32 pmat

        Because an inherent conflict of interest has been oft seen when jews report on issues involving Israel. It is exactly why there are so few non-jewish reporters in the US MSM -even fewer anti-zionist. 4% of US population, but 87% of US media power (not including complete jewish ownership of MSM outlets). If being jewish doesnt impact the coverage, why are there NO Palestinians and Syrians reporting on subjects THEY would know far more about as natives, than jews?

          

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  • guida writes:
    May 12th, 20118:06 pmat

    Unfortunately corporate media is the new God of the 21st century. Most people watch news without ever questioning their authenticity and whatever a journo reports its holy word and is taken for granted, even if it is the most vile lie. Sadly the root of all that inacuracy is not even plain lack of investigation, it is a quite organised campaign aiming to direct the general public’s opinion into a targeted conclusion. Its the most disgusting and obvious propaganda easily finding its targets by playing inside the terrain of mass histeria. Now its the Arab uprising, tomorrow will be something else. Their power is huge and being aware of their danger and prejudice can even bring tears in my eyes.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 12th, 20118:37 pmat

      Great comment guida :-)

        

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  • sentience writes:
    May 13th, 20111:35 amat

    abc board: cheryl bart, steven skala, maurice newman (chairman).
    sbs board: joseph skrzynski (chairman).

    heavy jewish presence at board level might conceivably colour the middle-east coverage australians receive for their 9¢.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 13th, 201110:32 amat

      Thanks sentience. Point well made. As the Jewish population of Australia is under 1% of the total, that does seem a tad disproportionate according to my slide-rule :-)

      Do you really think the ethnicity of these Jewish folk might colour ABC/SBS coverage on middle eastern issues?

      It is possible, I suppose. The long-standing, egregious bias of these national broadcasters towards Israel does require explanation. The Australian public, as far as I’m aware, has yet to be shown a single documentary on any TV channel concerning the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967. That’s a long time to wait for a rather big story…

      I suspect this article in my blog is currently being visited by some folk in the ABC as they try to work out whether they have a serious PR problem on their hands over the ABC’s disgustingly crude and now exposed hit-piece on Syria – or whether they can safely let sleeping sheeple lie.

      Hence my desire to dig deep into your comment ‘sentience’. Properly explained , IMHO, you make a reasonable point about one possible cause of bias with Australia’s public broadcasters. But without that explanation your initial comment sounded (to my ear at least) like disaffected mutterings. These terribly clever and highly imaginative and original ABC/SBS types are always on the look out for ‘hate speech’, which they track down as assiduously as Abe Foxman hunts ‘anti-Semites’.

      I thought to deprive them of the opportunity to easily slur me or my commentators on that score.

        

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      • sentience writes:
        May 13th, 201111:37 amat

          

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      • sentience writes:
        May 13th, 201111:40 amat

          

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        • sentience writes:
          May 13th, 201111:43 amat

            

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        • Syd Walker writes:
          May 13th, 20118:29 pmat

          Here are a couple of gems:

          “The first mother-daughter team to reach the summit of Mount Everest waved an Israeli flag on their way to the top. Cheryl Bart and her daughter Nikki of Sydney, Australia, arrived atop the world’s highest mountain in the wee hours of May 24, Nepal time.”

          and again:

          “Cheryl is a non-executive director of several companies in Australia as well as an ambassador of the Australian chapter of the Peres Center for Peace.”

          I hadn’t heard of the ‘Peres Center for Peace’. It sounds oxymoronic to me – akin to The Harold Shipman Center for Care of the Elderly.

            

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      • Nick writes:
        May 13th, 20119:42 pmat

        Mein Gott ! JEWS on the ABC board ? In Australia ? Does ASIO know about this ? Surely there should be a Royal Commission into this ? How did this happen ?

        I am much relieved that it was indeed old footage of the Lebanese authorities beating the shit out of its citizens, rather than the Syrians.

        Obviously everything is just fine in Syria, which explains why”the West” is much more concerned about the democratic and human rights of the citizens of Libya than the citizens of Syria.

        Anyway, all this pales into insignificance compared to the major crisis we now have on our hands in Australia, where JEWS have infiltrated the ABC, which should be clean, independent and WASP-ish.

        I think from now on I will just tune in to the free, independent tv stations of Iran and Syria so I can enjoy truthful reporting about what’s going on in the world.

        Of course the ABC has been extremely lazy,foolish and sloppy in using this old footage. Apart from the fact that it is simply very unprofessional and deceptive, it also provides additional fuel to the simple minds who need a scapegoat to blame for the world’s evils.

          

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        • Syd Walker writes:
          May 14th, 20119:28 amat

          “Of course the ABC has been extremely lazy,foolish and sloppy in using this old footage. Apart from the fact that it is simply very unprofessional and deceptive, it also provides additional fuel to the simple minds who need a scapegoat to blame for the world’s evils.”

          Your comment suggest to me you find it annoying when western media gets caught out lying to tarnish Israel’s perceived enemies.

          What about the crime against Syria as its good name is systematically besmirched in the western media and it’s set up for sanctions or worse (just like Libya before)?

            

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          • Nick writes:
            May 15th, 20118:46 amat

            “Your comment suggest to me you find it annoying when western media gets caught out lying to tarnish Israel’s perceived enemies.”

            Well you got it wrong. I find it unprofessional and lazy, that they used stock footage, instead of actual footage, which probably was not available. That does not necessarily mean the whole story was fake.

            “What about the crime against Syria as its good name is systematically besmirched in the western media and it’s set up for sanctions or worse (just like Libya before)?”

            So all is well in Syria then, is it ?

            Your unwavering support for totalitarian regimes should not surprise me,as long as they are “perceived” enemies of Israel , that is.

            I think you got a hide berating the ABC for biased reporting, when there are few people more biased than you are, when it comes to the Middle East.

              

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            • Syd Walker writes:
              May 15th, 20119:08 amat

              “That does not necessarily mean the whole story was fake”

              Memo to Nick. There was no story – apart from the video. I captured the entire ‘story’ in my screenshot, shown above.

              As for casting me as a defender of “totalitarian regimes”, may I turn the question round. Is it OK to lie about nations and their governments if one already holds a negative opinion about them. The only inference I can draw from your comments is that you think it is.

                

                     
            • Nick writes:
              May 15th, 20119:10 amat

              And then there is this of course :

              http://sydwalker.info/blog/2008/12/17/israel-starving-gaza-for-christmas/

              The boy starving “Gaza boy” appears to be a starving North Korean boy instead.

              A typical case of the pot calling the kettle black.

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              Ed.: We’ve run out of ‘depth’ on this thread so I’ll reply here. If you can prove that claim, please do and I’ll issue a retraction. Don’t be coy with your evidence, if you have any.
              – Syd Walker

                

                     
  • sentience writes:
    May 13th, 201111:13 amat

    first, i don’t consider it should be controversial to comment on a person’s ethnicity. re: sbs’ chairman -
    http://www.neoskosmos.com/news/en/node/672

      

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  • sentience writes:
    May 13th, 201111:20 amat

      

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    May 13th, 201111:55 amat

      

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  • Anonymous writes:
    May 13th, 20114:11 pmat

    You should check on Twitter A. Carvin of NPR, he is always very active at the beginning of the uprisings and posts unverified material too.

      

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  • OZ. writes:
    May 13th, 20119:52 pmat

    All those people who desire to destroy the reputation of the Syrian soldiers and the government should be ashamed. They should open their eyes and see who is really behind this mess. As for Jess, she is sadly mis-informed, and should take her incompetence somewhere else. The Australian media has proven for the 10th time, to disappoint. What a shame! I only hope they look harder into Syria’s situation, set aside their biased thoughts, and publicise the truth. Like, for example, the Syrian soldiers who have been attacked by activists. The soldier who was slaughtered. The other innocent soldiers and citizens who have been mutilated…and I will not go on.

      

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  • sentience writes:
    May 14th, 201110:03 amat

    Miriam Faine, an editorial committee member of the
    Australian Jewish Democrat stated, “The strengthening of multicultural or diverse Australia is also our most effective insurance policy against antisemitism. The day Australia has a Chinese Australian Governor General I would feel more confident of my freedom to live as a Jewish Australian”

    http://is.gd/fGpU4M

    the tin-hatter’s slant: divide et impera!

      

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  • Nick writes:
    May 15th, 20119:13 amat

    “As for casting me as a defender of “totalitarian regimes”, may I turn the question round.”

    No you may not, unless you make an attempt to answer questions for a change. But you never do. You would make a good politician. Always deflecting and diverting..

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 15th, 201110:04 amat

      You are very presumptuous Nick. However, since on this occasion you’re making an effort and haven’t stooped to defaming me, I’ll offer a brief reply.

      Personally, I’m in favour of democracy. I think our form of representative democracy here in Australia leaves much to be desired, but I wouldn’t seek to replace it with something more authoritarian. Quite the opposite.

      I have a similar general aspiration for the world as a whole. But I’m also well aware of the wars, imperialism and outright theft that have, over decades and centuries, been justified in the name of ‘democracy’, with the rankest of rank hypocrisy. So I’m wary when self-styled ‘democrats’ begin to talk up war, bombing or other forms of manipulative bullying in far-away nations. I’ve heard it all before. And I’ve noticed what happens…

      You’re a tremendous democrat and that surely must be a great virtue. But not once in our dialogues have I ever heard you defend Hamas on the basis that they have a democratic mandate to govern Gaza. Why would that be?

      Even Mao never claimed democracy comes out of the barrel of a gun, but perhaps you think it does? I presume with Libya bombed to smithereens, you’d like a NATO ‘no fly zone’ over Syria now (or perhaps just let the Israelis enforce it?)

      Your agenda, cloaked in ‘liberal’ values such as humanitarianism and concern for ‘democracy’, is so obvious Nick. Why not admit you’re on the hasbara team? I’m not fooled. Most other regular visitors here aren’t fooled either. The pretense you make that you’re just a regular Aussie guy with strong personal opinions about the middle east has worn wafer thin. You’re a committed Zionist who is quite deeply immersed in these topics. Be honest for once and admit it.

        

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  • sentience writes:
    May 15th, 201111:46 amat

    democracy: the god that failed. mob rule. oppression of the 49% by the 51%. morally and logically indefensible (freedom through coercion!)?
    http://is.gd/wdLUs9

    i like the idea of staying well out of other peoples’ business. there’s no chance the gulf countries will ever resemble the western liberal societies. i think they’ll always be authoritarian police-states, to a greater or lesser extent (i imagine i’m on the same page as nick here). it’s the nature of these peoples, and their cultures reflect it.

    partial reporting in the australian mass-media is reprehensible per se. in the context of participation in the endless “war on terror” it’s especially dangerous. support for armed intervention in foreign theatres is shored up, the muslim boogeyman serving the state well by allowing an enormous power grab.

    jews who feel strongly about israel’s security have the luxury of being allowed to serve in the idf without compromising their australian citizenship, and good luck to them.

      

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  • Nick writes:
    May 15th, 20111:19 pmat

    “Why not admit you’re on the hasbara team? I’m not fooled. Most other regular visitors here aren’t fooled either.”

    Well that says a lot about your suspicious mind, because I am not and I would not deny it if I was.Quite the opposite. Your obsession with this hasbara thing is very strange. it seems that you believe that anyone who disagrees with you and your other regular visitors must be automatically a “hasbara”. That is seriously weird.

    “The pretense you make that you’re just a regular Aussie guy with strong personal opinions about the middle east has worn wafer thin.”

    Really ? Why is that ? Because that’s exactly how it is,even though it might be a concept that is totally alien to you and your regular visitors.

    “You’re a committed Zionist who is quite deeply immersed in these topics. Be honest for once and admit it.”

    There is nothing to admit, Syd and you are so way off the mark, that it is laughable. Trying to smear me with this nonsense will get you nowhere. Your blog and the Cairns Blog are the only blogs I post on. I don’t even write letters to the editor. I have indeed immersed me a bit more in these topics because of some of the stuff that is being written here. That’s all there is to it. Try and get that through your suspicious mind and give the hasbara nonsense a miss.

    “But not once in our dialogues have I ever heard you defend Hamas on the basis that they have a democratic mandate to govern Gaza. Why would that be?”

    They can govern Gaza as much as they like. Why should I have to defend that ? I have never said that they should not be allowed to govern Gaza, if that is what the population wants. This is just typical of your approach. You are so blinded by your Hasbara/Zionist obsession that you make all sort of assumptions.

    As for the Korean child that is supposed to be a starving Gaza boy, why don’t you provide the evidence that it is indeed a starving Gaza boy ? You put it there after all.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 15th, 20111:48 pmat

      So Nick, your insistence (posted here and on our common regional blog) that the image I used years ago to illustrate an article about Gaza is, in fact, from North Korea has morphed. Now you demand that I prove it isn’t!

      Where have a heard that style of argumentation before?

      You may have unlimited time to pester me with silly comments Nick but my patience for responding to them courteously wears thin.

      It’s a bit like having a stalker.

      If you wish to make accusations against material in this blog, please come fortified with the evidence. Otherwise, find somewhere else to post your discredited bleatings.

        

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    May 15th, 20112:38 pmat
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  • sentience writes:
    May 15th, 20112:47 pmat

    maybe i was too flippant about australian jews serving under arms in the idf. whilst the law allows for this, it also exposes them to scrutiny – divided national loyalty, and why other middle-eastern ethnic groups aren’t afforded the same privilege. goose/gander stuff.

      

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  • Nick writes:
    May 15th, 20116:00 pmat

    “Where have a heard that style of argumentation before?”

    Please tell me as I have no idea at all.

    I did not initially raise the issue about the picture. Someone else did and you never responded to it. (see below). So put my mind at ease and show us where the picture came from. If it is indeed a starving Gaza child, then I’ll be more than happy to apologize. If you can’t back up your material with evidence, maybe you should not point the finger at the ABC.

    John writes:
    March 25th, 20117:12 amat
    The photo above says that the boy is a starving Gaza boy. NO IT IS NOT! It is a starving North Korean boy. I am really damn curious if the person who took that picture did anything about it. The children of Gaza are a little plump. The markets in Gaza are full of food.”

      

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    • Dino writes:
      May 17th, 201110:55 amat

      Nick,
      As an Australian who believes they have noticed bias in the ABC I like to hear Australians correcting “mistakes” by these professionals and organisations so many people look to for at least accurate information.Syd has pointed out a mistake(BTW which was on Media Watch last night!) from a professional journalist and esteemed organisation. In response You point out a photo that may be a “mistake” on his website(glass houses etc). Do you want Syd to give you 9 cents back? Perhaps he should forfeit a Walkley or his highly paid Government Job? I am sure you can find many photos of Gaza children suffering or dead if you want to look.Why waste your time on something that is evident? Find an important issue to bicker about other than ‘plump Gazan children’ who live in an occupied paradise full of food (what ingrates they are, those little ones!).Last night I saw the Jerusalem Post’s Flotilla Choir video mocking the Freedom Flotilla last year.It was in such good taste the Israeli GOP linked it on their GOP site and even though it was “funny” they ‘Apologised’. Look it up,read about it and let’s examine bias here and there and everywhere.

        

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  • Nick writes:
    May 17th, 20111:45 pmat

    Dino,

    I saw Media Watch as well, and it reinforces my point that it was due to incompetence, rather than the Zionist conspiracy Syd was hinting at. Those responsible for this sloppy reporting should be demoted or sacked or whatever. It had nothing to do with the make-up of ABC board.

    The remarks about plump Gazan childrens were not mine. Syd allowed them to be posted by whoever the poster is.I would never utter words like that and I feel as bad for the Gazan children as for any children anywhere in the world that suffer conflict, hunger or depravation.

    I just pointed out that it was alleged that the picture was wrong. Syd himself is quick to draw attention to any perceived misrepresentations in the media.

    His post about Straus-Kahn has a headline worthy of the Murdoch press that he despises so much.

    The guy might be a philandering scumbag for all i know and if he can’t keep his hands to himself then he deserves what’s coming to him. But why is this news ? Several politicians in Australia have been jailed for pedophile activities in recent years.I didn’t see any mention of that on this blog.

    So why is Straus-Kahn news ? Because he is a Jew and the presumption of innocence obviously does not extend to Jews in Syd’s world.

      

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    • Dino writes:
      May 17th, 201110:23 pmat

      Nick,

      I discovered Syd’s website last year when I started searching for Kevin Bracken (A Hero for scientific and subsequently 911 truth as far as I and the majority are concerned) and 911. I posted my first appreciative comment after the Osama news story a week or so ago. I like this site because it challenges the obviously inaccurate and bias news delivered by the Main Stream Media (including “our” ABC). I declined patronising/taking seriously any ABC news after their 2006 coverage of the Lebanon and Tel Aviv “war”. I and others have been able to judge international “propaganda” via the internet
      And apply universal principles of science over the opinion and utter bullshit MSM provides that makes me ashamed.

      I haven’t read all the articles here. Those I have looked at- some I agree with, some I don’t and some I am thinking about. This happens with a lot of websites I visit. I haven’t commented on any sites other than noting the hate speech and my desire for rationale and more importantly peace.

      My above reply to you was emotional. I apologise to you, Syd and readers.

      The reason I was emotional was I thought comparing this forum/website with the ABC and subsequent standards expected was unreasonable.

      Here is the crux of my matter.

      It is a privilege to contribute to a personal blog.
      It is a responsibility to hold to account government and the information they submit.
      Sadly there are too few people like Syd. I hope one day to have my own website. At this point I trust he doesn’t mind me using his labour as an avenue to express my views. I believe with and in his blog description-

      “Just another blog about achieving global peace, prosperity and sustainability”

      If I find something contrary to these credos I will challenge Syd and probably not visit anymore.

      There are an “army” of active vocalists able to swamp and debilitate any enquiry even on the internet. Obfuscation succeeds because everyone has a limit/time limit. Some people or communities are able to argue a point however redundant or repugnant till breath leaves their body. I’ll come to give an example shortly. Think of JFK’s Speech to the Press almost beseeching them to tell the truth.

      I won’t defend Syd, I don’t know him, and I certainly don’t know him as well as you believe you do-

      “So why is Straus-Kahn news? Because he is a Jew and the presumption of innocence obviously does not extend to Jews in Syd’s world.”

      I’ll judge Syd on what I read. If you can direct me to evidence of your very serious claim above I will look at it. Do you realise how serious a claim it is?

      Clearly Syd is exasperated with you. I am now feeling similarly and will judge you on what you write.

      In terms of your reply above-

      “It had nothing to do with the make-up of ABC board.”

      What information about the ABC and the board can you offer? I understand that if you’re an insider you must be careful. If not your assertion is asinine.

      “The remarks about plump Gazan childrens were not mine. Syd allowed them to be posted by whoever the poster is.I would never utter words like that and I feel as bad for the Gazan children as for any children anywhere in the world that suffer conflict, hunger or depravation.”

      Then why repeat all the comment when the iniquities of these children are a theme of this website?
      It is so offensive to me to prove a point (win a purile argument) over the need for investigation of suffering children that inspired my first reply to you.

      “I just pointed out that it was alleged that the picture was wrong. Syd himself is quick to draw attention to any perceived misrepresentations in the media.”

      Again refer to above and I suggest you direct some effort to the ABC, you defend in proxy, and who have many more patrons than this “inaccurate” web source of information. BTW, so far, I believe this website to be sooooooo much more accurate and confronting than the ABC. Perhaps that’s why you want the “standards” to be as high or higher here. Kudos to you if that is the case, but then we (and perhaps others) should give Syd 9 cents a day.

      “His post about Straus-Kahn has a headline worthy of the Murdoch press that he despises so much.

      The guy might be a philandering scumbag for all i know and if he can’t keep his hands to himself then he deserves what’s coming to him. But why is this news ? Several politicians in Australia have been jailed for pedophile activities in recent years.I didn’t see any mention of that on this blog.”

      Wow, you really are on the moral high ground here!
      Again I don’t know Syd (as mentioned I appreciate the site so far)
      And I haven’t read any articles about pedophiles here so I’ll take your word for it and try to formulate a polite response.

      1- I took it as a cartoon. Humour at fat cats, tragedy in reality.

      2- The head of the IMF, jewish or not, is important enough to be newsworthy(more so than a royal wedding or sport results IMO)

      3- What is the IMF and why is that important to anyone? Who are they, what do they do ? How have they helped the world in particular GFC, Europe, Third World, World Peace the list goes on but at least we know the lowly paid penny pinchers don’t blow our money on expensive hotels and expensive whores. In the photo, who the Fu#@ is the man with the Sword? Does he have a family? Do they know what he does and what he looks like at work?
      Does he know how to use the shiny weapon? I am going to challenge him with a frisbee, a border collie and smug self-righteousness.

      4-”But why is this news ? ”
      See number 3 above.
      This is an excellent question that could be directed to the ABC, surely it is worth 9 cents of a reply? They spent a shitload more money covering this than Syd’s cartoon. Again I urge you to hold to account “our” national news service. I am still waiting on replies to some of the shameful pieces it has broadcast in the past. I won’t hold my breath.

      ” Several politicians in Australia have been jailed for pedophile activities in recent years. I didn’t see any mention of that on this blog.”

      5- There an alot of issues not mentioned here that are important. I don’t believe they are neglected through dishonesty. Maybe it has nothing to do with the subject at hand (please remember this point). A comprehensive website is something I would like to find though I doubt I would have the time to read it all since I have read only a portion of this site( and portions of others).

      If you could recommend such a website or create your own please let me know and I could converse with you there. As mentioned this is I believe a personal website and I appreciate Syd’s efforts however incomplete some may find them.

      Did you manage to see the video and story I mentioned above?
      There is a video response on yt by a strong and brave young woman who has suffered a barrage of thousands of replies. Try reading them.

        

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      • Syd Walker writes:
        May 18th, 20117:27 amat

        Thanks Dino. A very interesting comment and I appreciate your encouraging words.

          

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      • Nick writes:
        May 25th, 20117:06 amat

        Thanks for your response, Dino

        Dino :”Clearly Syd is exasperated with you.”

        The exasperation is mutual. Syd owns the blog, so he does not need to publish my comments, if he does not want to.

        Nick :“So why is Straus-Kahn news? Because he is a Jew and the presumption of innocence obviously does not extend to Jews in Syd’s world.”

        Dino :I’ll judge Syd on what I read. If you can direct me to evidence of your very serious claim above I will look at it. Do you realise how serious a claim it is?

        Do I really have to explain this ? I think this blog does have a recurring theme.

        Dino: ” I took it as a cartoon.”

        Good, I like cartoons. Let’s see one about Jacob Zuma, another alleged rapist. Or maybe one about Hassan Nasrallah with Gaddafi whom he publicly called a “criminal tyrant”.

        How about Omar Barghouti: the non-Israel-boycotting Israel boycotter. He is one of the founders of the BDS movement and while he wants the rest of the world to boycott Israeli goods and services, he himself studies in Tel Aviv and happily consumes israeli goods and services. Now that should make for some good satire !

        I haven’t seen the video you mentioned, but I will make an effort to do so.

        I have no doubt that some Israelis are as capable of doing stupid,cruel and insensitive things as any of their neighbours.

          

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        • Syd Walker writes:
          May 25th, 201111:54 amat

          Nick repeats his earlier slur: “So why is Straus-Kahn news? Because he is a Jew and the presumption of innocence obviously does not extend to Jews in Syd’s world.”

          I utterly repudiate the suggestion that “the presumption of innocence does not extend to Jews in ‘my world”.

          That is your insinuation. It is not a fact. You adduce no evidence to support it and I’ll wager you cannot.

          As for you’re continual bleating about why Strauss-Kahn is currently ‘newsworthy’, have you watched TV recently? Why not ask the mob that do TV news and give me a break?

          There is a considerable debate, as you may be aware, over whether Strauss-Kahn was set-up and whether it represents a ‘coup’ by the most orthodox economic forces within elite banking circles, or by Sarkozy and his backers, or both. I have no idea whether these suggestions are true or not. I hope that in this case at least the judicial process will be fair and circumspect and justice will be done, New York style.

          If Strauss-Kahn can’t get justice in America in 2011 heaven help the rest of us. Of course, the system should work so everyone gets justice, from chamber-maid to leading banker. That would be change.

            

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 18th, 20118:12 amat

      “Why is Straus-Kahn news?”

      LOL :-)

      Nick, Imm honored – if somewhat mystified – that you consider the contents of my blog ‘news’. In fact, while I sometimes write about current events, often I don’t. Sometimes I don’t post for weeks on end. I have a tag for satire, which I use occasionally as a surrogate for never getting the job of doing Private Eye covers.

      It didn’t occur to me that anyone would mistake my blog for a comprehensive news service such as the ABC or NewsCorp. I should probably be flattered.

        

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      • Nick writes:
        May 22nd, 20116:15 pmat

        “It didn’t occur to me that anyone would mistake my blog for a comprehensive news service such as the ABC or NewsCorp. I should probably be flattered.”

        No worries, Syd. Happy to dispense some flattery. I disagree with you most of the time, but your blog does throw up some interesting questions and I do read up about the issues when I have a chance.

        I know we both agree that Jerry Rafferty was a fine musician, so it is not all bad.

        Looking forward to seeing a satirical post about, let’s say, Jacob Zuma, who was also accused of rape or attempted rape.

        The much maligned Murdoch press published some very biting cartoons on Straus-Kahn, which were quite hilarious. But then they publish all sort of cartoons on all sort of people, regardless of their race or ethnicity.

          

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        • Syd Walker writes:
          May 25th, 201111:59 amat

          It’s long been the case that cartoons are a refuge for free speech. Cartoonists can often ‘get away’ with implications that could land writers in trouble.

          Thank you for your comment that my blog throws up interesting questions. That’s certainly one of my intents and I appreciate the remark from someone who’s usually very critical.

            

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  • SydWalker.info» Blog Archive » MediaWatch, Syria, Libya, Accident Theory & Bias writes:
    May 18th, 20115:31 amat
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  • sentience writes:
    May 23rd, 20119:10 amat

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjyQk941tXQ

    even the anchors can’t quite explain the lack of rubble. of course, giuliani is a trustworthy guy and his story is very convincing. 1 million ton of rubbish cleaned up overnight. give me a break, rudy.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 23rd, 20119:41 amat

      sentience – I have mixed feelings about allowing all the comments you’de made on this thread, but I’ll let them stand.

      I make this comment not to recriminate, but to explain. One the one hand I really do welcome comments. Even information snippets on unrelated topics, occasionally have included some real gems over the years I’ve run this blog.

      On the other handed, the purpose of threated comments related to articles is to encourage some coherent discussion on a specific theme. I’ve found the frequency of your comments here a little irritating, because they tend to drown out debate about the subject of this article. It would have been better, IMO, if you want to convey information about specific theories re 9-11, to gather your thoughts, put the info together in one or two lengthier comments and submit them in more condensed form.

      Regarding the content of most of most of your commnents here, FWIW I share PD’s scepticism. I’ve been watching debate about 9-11 since the day in question. I came to the conclusion quite early on that many prominent folk in the 9-11 truth movement, as it eventually became known, had deceptive agendas.

      I’ve never studied Judy Wood in much detail, because I came to the conclusion soon after first encountering her name a few years ago that she’s probably in that category. I could be wrong about that – and ythanks for providing references for me (and others) to pursue. I may do that later, time permitting.

      In general, I find there’s so much disinformation ‘out there’ that I mostly stop viewing it once I’ve made a provisional identification. Except, that is, for the mainstream media. I watch that more closely, even when it’s obviously reporting deceptively, because the lies purveyed via mass media have significant political consequences in their own right.

        

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  • sentience writes:
    May 23rd, 20119:30 amat

    @4:16, dump-truck operators complain that the trucks’ trays are splitting through extreme heat. yet they’re in shirt-sleeves. maybe it’s something other than heat that’s causing the weird effects?

      

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  • sentience writes:
    May 23rd, 20111:01 pmat

    fair enough. it was a rant, so thanks for your indulgence. here’s my last bit on the debris, which i feel to be deliberately being ignored or distorted by the msm and some gatekeepers of the “truth movement.”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnnXTrw88P4&NR=1

    for what it’s worth, i’m a late arriver to the “sins of commission” rather than “sins of omission” camp. the debris exculpates arabs, in my opinion. i don’t know why i didn’t focus on it earlier.

      

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  • Nick writes:
    May 25th, 20111:06 pmat

    I thought you would be the first to jump on board any conspiracy theories re. Strauss-Kahn. And they might well be true, who knows ?

    I am still surprised why he is of so much interest to you and deserved a post all for himself together with Sarkozy , who also happens to be a Jew.

    Your heading “Now for Pillage” suggests that “Rape” has already occurred. That may well be the case, but so far he has not been convicted.

    Maybe I was a bit blunt in my assessment that “in your world” the presumption of innocence does not extend to Jews. Maybe it only extends to Straus-Kahn, who happens to be a Jew. And a fairly corrupt and silly one at that, if all the allegations are true.

    A cartoon about Jacob Zuma or Omar Barghouti on this blog would totally convince me that it was a complete coincidence that the subject of your satire happened to be Jewish and was therefore of interest to you.

    And I must admit i hadn’t taken too much notice of the whole business until I saw your l post.

      

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    • Christine Lagarde writes:
      May 30th, 201212:54 amat

      “Anti-Semitism” is nothing but the antagonistic attitude produced in the non-Jew by the Jewish group.  The Jewish group has thrived on oppression and on the antagonism it has forever met in the world… the root cause is their use of enemies they create in order to keep solidarity.”
      Albert Einstein, quoted in Collier’s Magazine, November 26, 1938.

        

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  • Syd Walker writes:
    May 25th, 20111:38 pmat

    So Nick, you thought I’d “be the first to jump on board any conspiracy theories re. Strauss-Kahn” (which suggest his innocence), yet elsewhere you claim I’ve assumed he’s guilty.

    Your extrapolations of what I actually publish get more and more bizarre.

      

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  • Nick writes:
    May 27th, 20117:27 amat

    “So Nick, you thought I’d “be the first to jump on board any conspiracy theories re. Strauss-Kahn” (which suggest his innocence), yet elsewhere you claim I’ve assumed he’s guilty.”

    You are a great twister of words, Syd.

    Yes, I would not have been surprised if you had hinted at a conspiracy theory, instead your post seemed to suggest that you already accepted the fact that he was guilty of rape (and now for pillage…). What’s bizarre about that ?

    What I think is bizarre is that you support the BDS movement, when one of its principal founders,Omar Barghouti, happily consumes Israeli goods and services and studies in Tel Aviv.

    Now that’s what I call bizarre. And good old Omar’s excuses are even more bizarre…

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 27th, 20111:10 pmat

      I’m a ‘twister of words’?

      Nick, I merely repeated your own words back to you, pointing out you’d jumped to two mutually-contradictory unwarranted conclusions.

      You’ve applied as much fatuous interpretation to my very short satirical item about l’affaire DSK as medieval scholars who discussed angels on pinheads. I was not pronouncing an opinion on his guilt FFS (unlike the vast majority of people whose comments on the affair I’ve noticed).

      As for BDS, there are inevitably some inconsistencies involved (as there were in the boycott against Apartheid South Africa), but BDS would not be so strongly opposed by the Zionist lobby if it didn’t represent a significant threat to its plans. Those plans are not peaceful in the sense most people understand the word peace. Successive Israeli leaders and leading Zionists have made it clear the ‘peace’ they seek in the middle east amounts to domination.

      IMO the key problem is Jewish supremacism. Remover that from the equation and peace becomes likely. Keep pandering to it and peace remains impossible.

      I’m not claiming that all Jews are supremacists, of course. That’s clearly nonsense. I do, however, believe Jewish supremacism is at the core of the Zionist project – and Zionist leaders have barely ever wavered from a desire for Jews to dominate in Palestine and Israel to dominate the entire surrounding region. Because they and their supporters in the Jewish diaspora take this partisan campaign worldwide (including the antipodes), like it or not this is effectively a global debate/conflict about Jewish/Israeli supremacy.

      Why should far-away organizations (eg Marrickville Council), political parties (eg Australian Greens) and nation states (eg Venezuela) be pushed around by the Jewish/Israel Lobby? Why should we tailor our discourse to the liking of a noisy, powerful Lobby with a track-record of attacking free speech it doesn’t like? Why shouldn’t we get active, at community level, to address an issue (Palestine) that three generations of mainstream politicians have squibbed?

      People around the world are getting heartily fed up with the bullying of the Jewish/Israel Lobby (And yes, it clearly is appropriate to co-join the terms, while noting the proviso I made above. After all that’s what the primary Zionist Lobby Group in this country does in its own name: the ‘Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’).

      In societies such as ours, intimidation by a minority only works only when those subject to the intimidation put up with it. This blog is one of the many personal free-speech refugias that does not.

        

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  • Nick writes:
    May 27th, 20112:30 pmat

    Thanks for the thoughtful and well reasoned explanation.

    I looks like both parties are again digging their heels in and I don’t think any peace will be achieved in this generation and the next generation on both sides has probably already been brain-washed into hating each other.

    Both sides have powerful supporters pulling the strings.

    Maybe the leaders of both sites should make a trip to Ireland and see how the Irish have managed to achieve peace after generations of conflict (for the time being anyway).

    I know they are very different conflicts, but lessons can still be learned from what the Irish finally achieved, despite all the hatred and resentment that is still around.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      May 27th, 20117:20 pmat

      Actually Nick, FWIW I suspect the key ingredient that led to the outbreak of peace in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s was ‘dark forces’ deep within the British security state and their allies deciding it was time to fold the conflict in northern Ireland – because something bigger and better was coming soon that would amply justify their existence and further expansion.

      Blair was thereby ‘allowed’ to negotiate peace, and support for terrorism was withdrawn by the state agencies that had been helping to perpetuate it for decades (think MI5 – and other spook outfits we barely know about).

      This helped boost Blair’s popularity and credibility, which was to be cashed in fully after September 2001 came round and the 21st century terror wars began and Britons were re-trained to fear Islamic extremism as opposed to IRA terrorists.

      That’s not to denigrate the courageous contribution of peace advocates on both sides who struggled to bring the northern Ireland conflict to an end. They played an important role, I doubt not. But when state-protected agents deliberately foment conflict it’s hard for ordinary people to keep the peace.

      I won’t provide refs to support this analysis now, but time permitting hope to research an article on the subject at some time.

        

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      • Dino writes:
        May 27th, 201110:00 pmat

        Hi Nick,
        Fil, my friend, wanted to know if you had seen the video’s and can you please respond to my replies properly and yes do need “to explain”.
        Thank You

          

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        • Nick writes:
          May 29th, 201110:17 amat

          Dino,

          I made some effort to find the video, but could not locate it. I did read the “lyrics” of the song and I find it absolutely appalling and I don’t need to see the video to be convinced that it is utterly disgraceful. It is just more evidence of the idiotic brain washing that goes on of both sides of the conflict and which is condemning the next generation to more of the same.I did not see the video response and I don’t doubt the bravery and good intentions you refer to. Please provide the link as I don’t have time to trawl through search engines to look for it.

          While I acknowledge the undoubtedly good intentions of the participants of the Peace Flotilla, it was also extremely foolish of them to persevere in challenging the Israeli security forces. The israelis do have form when it comes to situations like this and it was not difficult to predict what might ensue.

          Would the same people sail into Turkish waters to highlight the plight of the Kurds or the genocide (which Turkey denies) of the Armenians ? How about sailing into Indonesian waters to protest against human rights abuses in Iriyan Jaya ? Cross a border into Iran to protest about something ? How about North Korea or China ?

          I believe any of those incursions would invite harsh retaliation. I am not condoning the Israeli reaction, but I wonder what they thought they would achieve with this type of provocation, except for the predictable headlines.

          As for the Straus-Kahn issue, I think I have explained adequately why I reacted to it. Having grown up in Europe maybe I am more sensitive about attacks on Jews, (not because of what misdeeds they might have carried out, but first and foremost because they are Jews), then those who grew up elsewhere..

          It is probably part of a collective consciousness that was passed on to me by those who lived through World War II in occupied Europe and saw or learnt of many of the atrocities that took place first hand.

          People can quibble about the fact that, possibly, “only” 5 million Jews were exterminated rather than the symbolic 6 million. It does not change the fact that it happened.

          While this should not provide Israel with an excuse to commit atrocities of its own, it is certainly something that is embedded in the national psyche and explains Israel’s fanatical desire for secure borders at all costs.

          The desire of some its neighbours to annihilate the State of Israel will do nothing to make them feel more secure.

            

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          • Syd Walker writes:
            May 29th, 20111:30 pmat

            So the IDF has ‘form’ as homicidal maniacs… so peace activists are really the ones in the wrong if they confront the Israeli State non-violently… and this is explicable because of beliefs embedded in the Israeli pysche… beliefs which if anyone subjects to detailed scrutiny, may result in them copping physical abuse, imprisonment of some other form of persecution.

            I wonder what Gandhi would have made of all that? I suspect he’d have got on the boat and headed for Gaza regardless.

              

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            • Nick writes:
              May 30th, 20113:11 pmat

              As I said before, Syd, you are a great twister of words.

              I wonder too what Gandhi would have made of it all. I can’t imagine that he would have condoned so called “martyrs” and the depraved people who brainwash them into “martyrdom”.

              I don’t know what’s worse : homicidal maniacs or suicidal maniacs.

              The suicidal maniac that killed 20 medical students in Afghanistan recently really impressed me. Let’s kill our future doctors. That will certainly solve all Afghanistan’s problems.

              Not a word of outrage was heard anywhere…

                

                     
          • Dino writes:
            May 30th, 20117:18 pmat

            Nick,
            Firstly,
            You claim that Syd is anti-Jewish. Explain or retract.
            I believe laws will/have been passed around the world to prevent “hate” speech like this from affecting/effecting society.
            Once you have done this we can progress.

              

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            • Nick writes:
              May 31st, 201110:56 amat

              Syd and several other regulars have claimed that I am “hasbara” or “on the Zionist team”. I am not.

              Suggesting that someone harbours anti-Jewish sentiments is not hate speech.

              Plenty of anti-Jewish statements have been made on this blog by various contributors.

                

                     
            • Syd Walker writes:
              May 31st, 20112:05 pmat

              Hi Nick. As you appear keen to clarify who you are – and who you’re not – and as you apparently live close-by in the same region of Far North Queensland, if you like I’ll email you with my phone number. Perhaps we could have a chat face to face and you can put the issue of your identity beyond doubt? How about a public debate? There might be only the two of us present, but at least you’d end up with one other person willing to attest to your identity. :-)

              I do object to you making statements such as “Plenty of anti-Jewish statements have been made on this blog” as though you are, in some way, a qualified judge on the matter. Not so. Whatever your identity, you’re clearly a partisan protagonist in this debate. Your contributions, now going back over many months, often seem to me like attempts to tar me with unpleasant labels that might, at some later time, impact on my freedom. I find that odious and wish you’d stop trying to set me up. I’d trust you more if I felt you’d stopped attempting to misrepresent my position – and stopped falsely portraying arguments inspired by a desire for justice as motivated by bigotry. I don’t wax lyrical about how you’re ‘anti-Persian’ (although I’ve never seen you say a good word about Iran). Please stop trying to pin fatuous labels on me.

                

                     
      • Nick writes:
        May 29th, 20119:46 amat

        Syd,

        I’m looking forward to reading about the British “dark forces” in relation to Ireland. I was in Ireland last year and you don’t have to scratch far below the surface to discover the enormous resentment that pervades Irish society.

        And there are plenty out there, who are either addicted to the adrenalin of armed conflict or who are involved in criminal activity under the guise of political activism. Where a majority of people has now said :”look we are sick of this, there must be a better way to sort this out”, there will always be those who will want to re-ignite the conflict for their own advantage.

        I think, apart from all the political issues, the same very much applies to the Israel-Palestine conflict. If there is a will to live together peacefully, then there will be a way.

        I believe Israel has a right to exist. I believe the Palestinians have many valid grievances that must be addressed and also have the right to their own independent state.

        I also believe that there are many fanatical groups on both sides as well exterior players who have an interest in the continuation of the conflict.

        We can only hope that future generations will find a way to live together in peace, but the current brain washing that goes on on both sides will ensure that the hatred and suspicion will be passed on from generation to generation.

        You only have to look at modern Europe, where in many countries,even 60 years after the end of WWII the hatred of Germans is still widespread. While this does not manifest itself on a personal level, there is still a collective dislike, which has been passed on from generation to generation.

          

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  • sentience writes:
    May 28th, 201112:03 pmat

    if zionism and jewish supremacism were limited to dominating israel’s neighbours i probably wouldn’t devote any nervous energy to the issue. abuses are everywhere in the world.

    fact is, it’s the whole world that gets sucked into this crazy mesopotamic dream. the whole west is fast losing whatever it used to stand for. tv is all swat programmes and terrorists. goodbye habeus corpus and all that, and hello judge judy and robocop.

      

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  • sentience writes:
    May 31st, 20115:01 pmat

    there are those who demand a higher standard of proof than just assertions, when terms like “extermination” are bandied around. numbers are important, but so are motives, as per any criminal accusation.

      

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  • Nick writes:
    June 1st, 201110:53 amat

    “Hi Nick. As you appear keen to clarify who you are – and who you’re not – and as you apparently live close-by in the same region of Far North Queensland, if you like I’ll email you with my phone number. Perhaps we could have a chat face to face and you can put the issue of your identity beyond doubt? ”

    No worries there, Syd. I have nothing to hide. happy to have a beer or a coffee with you one day.

    “I do object to you making statements such as “Plenty of anti-Jewish statements have been made on this blog .”

    They certainly come across as such, not only in my mind, but in the minds of others as well. Just look at some of the reactions you get on the cairns Blog.

    “Your contributions, now going back over many months, often seem to me like attempts to tar me with unpleasant labels that might, at some later time, impact on my freedom.”

    I think you are being either dramatic or paranoid. I fully support your freedom to say whatever you like. As I should be free to question some of the things that get posted her, although it is totally up to you if you want to publish my comments or not.

    “I don’t wax lyrical about how you’re ‘anti-Persian’ (although I’ve never seen you say a good word about Iran).”

    I am not anti Persian. I have been in Iran twice, while it still was run by the Shah’s fascist dictatorship. I was there when the first riots against the Shah broke out. The streets in Teheran were a scary place to be and I can imagine that it was not unlike recent events there.
    Apart from that I had a wonderful time in an amazing country, I have seen the sights,appreciated the land and the culture and stayed with and met many locals. I do have an issue with the current regime and the hardship it is inflicting on large portions of the population.My criticism has never been directed at Iran as a country or at individual Iranians anywhere, except for those who are part of the current repressive regime. I don’t lampoon or attack individual Iranians just to slander their entire “race” or country.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      June 1st, 201111:24 amat

      One of the central propositions of this blog – which I stand by – is that there is a deeply-ingrained Judeophilic bias in the great majority of western mainstream culture. In my opinion, that has had – and continues to have – truly appalling consequences.

      The bias is so pervasive that if anyone challenges it, the challenge can easily be portrayed as ‘anti-Semitic’ (a term which has no clear meaning and may therefore be used as a slur that’s effectively impossible to deny) – and many gullible people will accept the slur as somehow a proven fact.

      An example of Judeophilic bias? Here’s one – out of a plethora of possible examples. A show is running on American TV this year with the attention-grabbing title ‘Good Christian Bitches’. Substitute ‘Jewish’ for ‘Christian’ and Abe Foxman of the ADL and every Zionist and his dog would be in a state of hyper-outrage, demanding termination of the show, the firing of those responsible etc etc. However, in reality, such a title would never be used on American TV in the first place.

      Most bloggers don’t cover this pro-Jewish bias in mainstream culture. Many are unaware of it, accept it as ‘normal’ – or buckle under to power. I do cover the topic and for that I shall doubtless continue to be slurred by ignorant and malicious people – slurs that suggest my desire to correct outrageous bias (which has very negative practical consequences) is based on ‘racial hatred’ or some-such piffle.

      I don’t put you in the ignorant category Nick. But yes, I do find your repeated attempts to put words in my mouth that can be construed as ‘racist’ border on the malicious. If my desire to correct the record makes me ‘paranoid’ in your book, I’ll wear that. I’d rather be be considered paranoid than allow critics to successfully misrepresent my views on my own blog :-)

        

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      • Nick writes:
        June 1st, 20116:20 pmat

        “I don’t put you in the ignorant category Nick. But yes, I do find your repeated attempts to put words in my mouth that can be construed as ‘racist’ border on the malicious.”

        That was never my intention, Syd. I’ll try and be more precise and less “personal” in my postings.

        Me calling you paranoid referred to your statement that I was :

        “making attempts to tar me with unpleasant labels that might, at some later time, impact on my freedom.”

        I have no intention of doing anything like that.

          

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      • Dino writes:
        June 1st, 20117:53 pmat

        Syd,
        This is my last post.
        I thank you for helping me regain my memory.
        I wrote your name down in a diary in 1995 give or take a year. I have enjoyed the discussions and salute your patience/patients.Thank God for the Royal College et al.
        Best Wishes to all,
        Love
        Dino

          

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  • sentience writes:
    June 2nd, 20112:02 amat

    ok, it’s satire, but one can image the outcry in the west if the object were judaism.

      

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    • Nick writes:
      June 2nd, 20116:36 amat

      “A former chairman of one of Egypt’s major banks has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a maid at a Manhattan hotel, just weeks after the arrest of former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on similar allegations, police said.

      Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar was accused of sexually abusing the maid at the Pierre, a luxury hotel near Central Park and Fifth Avenue on the upper east side, police said.”

      So let’s have some satire about this one with a picture featuring Mahmoud and an Arab leader of Syd’s choice.

      That would really put my mind at ease that the” satire” featuring Straus-Kahn and Sarkozy (Scandale! Sarkozy & Strauss-Kahn allocate leadership burdens) had nothing to do with the fact that they happened to be Jewish…

        

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  • sentience writes:
    June 2nd, 201110:25 amat

    there’s plenty of fun-making in the msm at muslims’ expense. cast your mind back to the danish contest depicting cartoons of muhammed. the violence that erupted played right into the western perception of muslim extremism, not altogether unfounded.

    but jyllands posten‘s cultural editor, flemming rose is jewish, and i don’t recall hearing that in the msm. it would have been an important detail for the public to know in forming some opinion on the issue.

    a liberal society is one where cartoonists don’t pull punches. political correctness is soft totalitarianism. satirizing judaism is a prerogative only for jews. in the future, it’ll be interesting to see whether the chaser’s war on everything doesn’t decide to limit that broad ambit.

    http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/issue-94/

      

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  • Balder writes:
    June 20th, 20119:56 amat

    Also the Danish media are working hard towards more war, and have managed to play the people so well that a record number of Danes; 50%, now support the NATO murder campaign in Libya.

    Here is how eager the Danish media were to find ‘evidence’ of atrocities, here Syria Danish state TV – Danmark’s Radio admits anti Syrian propaganda based on false images of torture

    Also interesting: Syrian expats in Denmark support Bashar al-Assad – Western media broadcast false reports (YouTube video)

    Danish tabloids had headlines like this: “War against Gaddafi – Small girls slaughtered in spite of cease fire”. No further explanation of this terrible allegation! The media also brought the reports about ‘raping Gaddafi soldiers on Viagra’, without the slightest hesitation. Too bad for them that they apparently have a very hard time finding reliable witnesses of anything or serious ‘democracy fighters’ for use during their propaganda broadcasts.

    I would say that the war in Libya was facilitated greatly by the Danish media, the expression war mongering is not an over statement in my view.

    Accidentally this misunderstanding caught my eye:

    sentience wrote: “But jyllands posten‘s cultural editor, flemming rose is jewish, and i don’t recall hearing that in the msm.”

    Sadly this has never been proven, Rose denies it, and so far nobody has ever been able to find the slightest evidence for the allegation (although it could very well be a possibility). So it would be hard for the media to report.

    Read my critical piece about Flemming Rose: Jylland’s Posten Editor Flemming Rose’s Slightly Crippled Plea for Freedom of Speech

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      June 20th, 20114:44 pmat

      Thanks Balder. An excellent contribution, with most interesting references.

      I tweeted your article “Danish state TV – Danmark’s Radio admits anti Syrian propaganda based on false images of torture”.

        

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  • Danish state TV admits anti Syrian propaganda based on false images of torture » Balder Blog writes:
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  • Balder writes:
    June 20th, 20115:45 pmat

    “I tweeted your article “Danish state TV – Danmark’s Radio admits anti Syrian propaganda based on false images of torture”.”

    Thanks Syd, that article got far to little international exposure.

    Interesting: Last night the reporter who was responsible for this hoax; Steen Nørskov was now reporting from Tripoli! His Jewish collegue Steffen Jensen (resident of Israel!) reported from Benghazi in the same clip.

      

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    • Syd Walker writes:
      June 23rd, 20112:11 pmat

      I just looked up Steffen Jensen. Here’s one of his recent articles, translated into English. It’s a classic!

      “In the rebel-controlled part of Libya rebels hope to get financial help from the West. Should this not happen soon, soon they run dry of money.

      “The rebels lack the more than three billion dollars over the next six months not to go bankrupt. If so, namely the rug being pulled away during the day, the rebels are trying to maintain their capital of Benghazi.

      “‘They had a lot of money when the rebellion started, but there was nobody who believed in the beginning that this revolt would end up taking so long – now it has lasted over four months’, says Steffen Jensen, who is in Benghazi”

      http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-41018528:libyen-opr%C3%B8rerne-mangler-penge.html

        

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  • sentience writes:
    June 23rd, 201110:12 amat

    testing, testing…

      

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  • sentience writes:
    June 23rd, 20115:15 pmat

    to balder:
    my assertion was based on information such as this -
    http://is.gd/HTVvxY
    http://is.gd/FaAzOs
    http://is.gd/sPKJPM

      

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  • George Archers writes:
    May 29th, 20123:20 amat

    Come to Canada–CBC- is another all Kosher network. eal sad part–all TV/Radio/Print stations are Jewish Controlled.
    Oddity–this week CNN did the same photo operation–a scam showing footage of dead Iraqies in piles from 2003 and claiming it was Syrian troops doing the cleanings. Jews are a clut–live with it.Obama has mostly Jews as advisors. Stupid Gentals :^/

      

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