The NYTimes' story is missing something. Read this part:
While the reasons for Mr. Abu Sisi’s detention were unclear, it was widely assumed in Gaza that it was somehow linked to his position at the power plant and the successful efforts of Hamas to reduce the station’s dependency on industrial diesel fuel imported from Israel.
Why didn't the NYT at least mention Gilad Shalit as a possible reason?
The reporter, Fares Akram, I've learned is both HRW's man in Gaza (working under the notorious Sarah Leah Whitson) and a part-time NYT adjunct. His reports are generally a combination of these identities.
A quick search reveals this story about Fares Akram and it would appear that he is less a reporter than an activist. Why didn't the Times use a real reporter, however flawed, for this story?
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ReplyDeleteforget shalit...is the story even true.
2 weeks ago the story surfaces with just accusations by the wife
then our buddy dickie starts posting his hard hitting reports with unamed sources
then dickie posts confirmation stories, but says that there is a blackout
go to the website of the ngo...not one mention of this story
it is confirmed nowhere...except in eurasia review with dickie's byline.
used to be that the times wouldnt print anything without real confirmation...they havent gotten it.
however, the times will say that this is a blog...yet it appears on a6 of their paper.
its a smear campaign...conducted by dickie's handlers in israel.
it is also another reason that the knesset needs to rethink these media blackouts....in the age of the net, they only serve to hurt israel...allowing her enemies to float stories that no one can confirm or deny