On Friday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Mark Phillips treated with credibility accusations by Palestinians, "supported by UN officials," that the Israeli military was "targeting" civilians in Gaza, and played a clip of a woman accusing Israeli troops of "herding" her family into a house and shooting her husband. And, without informing viewers of the blockade’s importance in preventing Iran or Syria from supplying weapons to Hamas, the CBS correspondent seemed to imply that Hamas leaders were actually concerned about the welfare of the civilian population as he referred to Hamas wanting an end to the Israeli blockade "strangling" Gaza right before adding that "the innocent suffer." Phillips: "Israel is not only demanding the rocket fire stop, but that Hamas be kept from re-arming itself. And Hamas keeps fighting because it wants the Israeli blockade that is strangling Gaza lifted. And the innocent suffer. Allegations, some of them supported by UN officials in Gaza, continue to be made of Israeli targeting of civilians. This woman told CBS News 20 members of her family were herded into a house by the Israelis, that her husband was shot, and that tank fire badly injured her children. The Israelis deny these accounts."
After Katie Couric only referred to Israel "rejecting a UN call for a ceasefire" in the teaser, during the setup to Phillips’s piece, Couric relayed that both sides had rejected the proposal. Phillips then opened his report referring to the "belligerents," presumably referring to both sides although he does not clearly say, who don’t want the war to end. Phillips: "The world may want the fighting to stop, but the belligerents don’t. The Israeli answer to the ceasefire proposal was short, blunt and loud. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza was some of the heaviest yet. Its troops continued their ground action as the Israeli war cabinet called the UN ceasefire plan ‘unworkable’ and vowed to continue the battle."
Below is a complete transcript of the report from the Friday, January 9, CBS Evening News:
KATIE COURIC, IN OPENING TEASER: Israel rejects a UN call for a ceasefire. The Israelis say they won’t end the bombardment of Gaza until Hamas stops firing rockets across the border.
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COURIC: Meanwhile, overseas, both Israel and Hamas rejected the UN Security Council’s call for a ceasefire. Neither side’s giving in. The war goes on. Mark Phillips is at the Israel-Gaza border.
MARK PHILLIPS: The world may want the fighting to stop, but the belligerents don’t. The Israeli answer to the ceasefire proposal was short, blunt and loud. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza was some of the heaviest yet. Its troops continue their ground action as the Israeli war cabinet called the UN ceasefire plan "unworkable" and vowed to continue the battle.
MARK REGEV, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: Is it really logical to expect Israel to hold both hands behind our back and do nothing? We will act to protect our people.
PHILLIPS: Protect from the rockets Hamas continued to fire into Israel. Hamas is fighting back in Gaza as well. It released this video of what it says is Israeli soldiers being shot. It’s impossible to confirm for certain what is happening. Both sides have rejected the ceasefire because neither side has the result it wants from this conflict. Israel is not only demanding the rocket fire stop, but that Hamas be kept from re-arming itself. And Hamas keeps fighting because it wants the Israeli blockade that is strangling Gaza lifted. And the innocent suffer. Allegations, some of them supported by UN officials in Gaza, continue to be made of Israeli targeting of civilians. This woman told CBS News 20 members of her family were herded into a house by the Israelis, that her husband was shot, and that tank fire badly injured her children. The Israelis deny these accounts. The longer this operation has gone on, the more embittered and the harder attitudes have become on both sides. Each Palestinian death, each Hamas rocket fired into Israel has ensured there’ll be more of both. The Israelis say that while they will continue to fight, they have not yet decided whether to move to a threatened third phase of their action and push into the urban areas of Gaza, an action guaranteed to raise the death rate on both sides. Mark Phillips, CBS News, on the Israel-Gaza border.
—Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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The reporter fails to
January 9, 2009 - 21:57 ET by eaglewingz08The reporter fails to mention whether this woman's family were in deep with Hamass. Little details unimportant to the LMSM.
Yeah, if the Israelis were
January 10, 2009 - 07:55 ET by GrannyGrump42Yeah, if the Israelis were "targeting civilians", wouldn't they have just rounded up the entire family and shot them all, rather than rounding them up, singling out one man, and shooting him?
And what's his identity? Why was he singled out to be shot?
Is this a case like a family complaining that heavy-handed cops burst into the wrong house for a drug raid and shot Granny, or is this a case like a family complaining that just because Daddy was holding fifteen people hostage at the post office after killing his supervisor and three other people that mean old SWAT team sniper picked him off?
If he was shot (where's the
January 11, 2009 - 10:24 ET by DarkCurrentIf he was shot (where's the evidence?), more than likely it was while shooting at Israelis.
Put this woman in charge of
January 9, 2009 - 22:11 ET by Clear thinkerPut this woman in charge of the Mid-East... The Most Heroic Woman On Earth
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Ct, Memri Tv, Good stuff..
January 9, 2009 - 22:47 ET by upcountrywaterReminds me of another fine woman.. Ayaan Hirsi Ali..
May the new Democracy of Iraq, produce many Women like this.
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ucw... Amen! The Most
January 10, 2009 - 00:04 ET by Clear thinkerucw...
Amen!
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→ The Big Picture
January 9, 2009 - 22:16 ET by Cool ArrowCould it be that MSM is ahead of the curve and we're the slouching louts lumbering behind them?
All this simply reeks of a World Order Viewpoint.
How long have they been telling this lie and yet we still do not believe it?
Could somebody please ask Katie what newspapers she reads?
Ask Katie what newspapers she reads
January 10, 2009 - 21:58 ET by ThisnThatI would believe she reads crap like this, which starts off with this sentence: "Once again, I watch in horror as the Israeli military pounds a densely populated area in "self defense," killing civilians, restricting aid, and causing a humanitarian disaster ".
There are bad people in this world that believe in this junk. I believe Katie is one of those bad people who don't mind it when Israles are killed, just as long as a terrorist is not killed -- or blamed for the killing. There's no other way to explain her behaviour.
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And the innocent suffer.
January 9, 2009 - 22:29 ET by BDAnd the innocent suffer. Allegations, some of them supported by UN officials in Gaza, continue to be made of Israeli targeting of civilians. This woman told CBS News 20 members of her family were herded into a house by the Israelis, that her husband was shot, and that tank fire badly injured her children.
That is such a juvenile job of journalism it's pathetic.
January 9, 2009 - 22:42 ET by c5thenOnly the Hamas side of the story was reported. No mention that it was Hamas firing the rockets into Israel for two years during a "truce" that provoked the counterattack. No mention that the tunels under the gaza border with Egypt are how the rockets and their parts are smuggled in. No mention that Hamas is well known for setting up civilians to be killed or injured just for a PR opportunity.
And especially no mention that the Hamas leadership has stated that Israel should not exist and they can not compromise on that issue. So Hamas can not agree to a truce or a cease fire honorably. They will just be waiting for another chance to attack. Hamas will never stop until either they are wiped out or Israel is completely destroyed. There is no gray area in their minds on this.
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
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And you can absolutely be
January 9, 2009 - 23:09 ET by celatorAnd you can absolutely be certain there will be no MSM report of the Israeli Army bringing in food and water for Palestinian civilians in Gaza during this conflict. They are doing that under fire, by the way.
For liberal Democrats and the MSM, everything is crisis, chaos, calamity and catastrophe. And only the government has the solution.
A Solid Source
January 9, 2009 - 22:54 ET by TheCynicWhat? "This Woman" made a statement? Hey man, that sounds legit. If This Woman said my car needed a new transmission, I'd get one, because nothing says truth and trust like This Woman.
Hamas
January 9, 2009 - 23:58 ET by NorthCoasterHiding behind the skirts of women and crouching behind little children like cowards is the way to get collateral civilian damage for propaganda purposes.
women and children
January 10, 2009 - 07:58 ET by AgnosticNot only has Hamas located their military in a civilian population, prevented civilians from fleeing targeted areas, moved civilians toward known targets and delibrated created targets and victims for the benifit of propaganda but they also brainwash their wives and children to die with them as in the case of Nizar Rayyan to be martyrs.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
anybody please
January 10, 2009 - 08:08 ET by AgnosticCan anyone, please, give me one reason that the UN is allowed to operated with a third of its initial operating budget of 4+ billion dollars coming from the US and Japan alone. While mostly western Europeans make up the rest and the US and Japan pay most of the bill for all additional expenditures. All this to allow dictatators and thugs a stage to spew their hate is a bad investment.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
→ Yes
January 10, 2009 - 08:35 ET by Cool ArrowThe UN is the enforcement arm of the MSM.
Cool,
January 10, 2009 - 08:54 ET by AgnosticIf that were true the only people that would ever have to worry about the MSM enforcement are the those who would refuse to fight back. The true enforcement are of the MSM in America is The US Congress.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
So, Hamas
January 10, 2009 - 13:04 ET by NorthCoasterSo, Hamas would be targeting what, that started this Isreali retaliation?..........CIVILIANS
Targeting Civilians Defined
January 10, 2009 - 17:34 ET by BlueCat57Dresden, Stalingrad, Hiroshima, London, Darfur, Rwanda, Cambodia, Stalin, Cultural Revolution, Holacost, Armenia. That is what the military targeting civilians looks like. Would someone please explain to the "journalists" that they need to do a little research BEFORE they make statements such as "targeting civilians." I'm guessing that Israel has the conventional firepower to kill everything in and level the Gaza strip in a few hours if they really wanted to "target civilians." On the other hand it is entirely possible that the Isreali military is totally incompetent and that while they are targeting civilians they are accidently killing 10 times as many Hamas fighters. Yes, that's it. Stop the presses. Isreali military incompetent, accidently kills Hamas fighters while targeting civilians.
CBS stands for....
January 10, 2009 - 19:49 ET by jdlybrandnewsisblues
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