Seymour Hersh up on Blitzer... US complicity in Israel's war plans

[Windy]

Just a heads up

[cspanlovr]

1. Thanks so much!

[oasis]

2. Explosive!!!!

[Grateful for Hope]

3. Thank you!

He is excellent!

[oasis]

4. Blitzer cries "conspiracy". Then he demands "sources".

:eyes:

[PA Democrat]

5. Of course Blitzer is questioning Sy's credibility

Wolf was tripping over the words in his zeal to discredit Hersh.

OMG! Wolf just won't let that bone drop. Still questioning his sources and credibility.

Sy is standing up well to his accusations.

[oasis]

14. Hersh should've told Wolf "Name your sources who say that I'm

conspiracy nut"

[oasis]

6. Blitzer cuts him off . He was getting out too much credible info.

[PA Democrat]

7. Did you notice CNN'c "balanced" coverage of the continued fighting?

The showed Hezbollah rockets hitting in Haifa. No mention of Israeli attacks on Beirut today. None.

[Fredda Weinberg]

9. Bullshit. They showed live video of Beirut n/t

[PA Democrat]

12. I am referring to the news that was shown immediately after Blitzer's show

There was NO mention of the bombing of Beirut, let alone footage. I know what I saw and heard.

Edited for spelling

[Marr]

11. Hey- here's some balanced reporting for you:

I saw an hour-long special on CNN the other day called "Inside Hezbollah". I stopped flipping channels when I saw that title because I assumed that a report called "Inside Hezbollah" would focus on interviews with Lebanese officials. Silly me.

It was an hour's worth of interviews with Israeli hawks and military officials, along with lots of footage of Israelis in bomb shelters and 'bravely living on in the face of Hezbollah's aggression' voice overs.

[oasis]

16. When will the corporate media start giving the American public the

full picture of what's going on?

[Fredda Weinberg]

8. He cut him off because it became 1 PM n/t

[oasis]

10. Maybe Wolf shouldn't have burned up so much time assaulting Hersh's

credibility. :shrug:

[Fredda Weinberg]

13. I guess we didn't hear the same interview

But I'm glad we can agree that Blitzer didn't "cut off" Hersh without good reason.

[oasis]

15. I agree that the timing issue is a valid mitigating factor for a defense

of Blitzer's overall performance in the interview. But that's probably not what you meant.