Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Misnamed Organisations
One thing that really annoys me are organisations with completely misleading titles. Like "Accuracy in Media" - ("For Fairness, Balance and Accuracy in News Reporting). Then take a typical report:
Where's the fairness and balance there?AL-JAZEERA PROMOTES GLOBAL TERRORISM
In the same way that Al-Jazeera television has complicated the prospect of a U.S. victory in Iraq, the channel has dramatically increased the Islamic terrorist threat to Israel, helping to produce the war with the Hezbollah terrorist group.
The U.S. and Israel will not be able to win this global war on terrorism unless the role of Al-Jazeera in radicalizing Arabs and Muslims throughout the world is recognized and addressed.