Friday, January 07, 2005

MEMRI

It seems the good folks at MEMRI are at it again. Abu Aardvark:
Meanwhile...when it looks at Arab media responses to the tsunami, MEMRI finds only conspiracy theories and anti-Americanism. You find what you look for, I suppose. I look at the two most widely viewed television stations and two of the most widely read daily newspapers, and tell you what I find - including two arguably "anti-American" pieces, along with a surprising trend of self-criticism of the official Arab response. MEMRI digs up a relatively obscure Saudi television station and an Egyptian tabloid saying what they want to hear, and then passes it off as representative of the Arab media as a whole. Vintage.
Some of you may remember the dispute between Juan Cole and MEMRI a while back.

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