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Maddow,Queen of the Knuckleheads at MSNBC, Criticizes Israel

No facts of course from Rachel Maddow. Even pundits are suppose to use them especially when discussing civilian deaths and the agonies associated with war.  Yet we are talking about Air America Radio  with MSNBC host, Rachel Maddow.  It was no surprise that Maddow would side against Israel, that is the European way:

Maddow: "But while we're on the wild wide world of scary tour, of course, Israel has started another war. A third straight day of air-strikes on Gaza, the death toll now more than 300 people. Israel says they are doing this to prevent Palestinians from firing rockets into southern Israel. First of all, there's the question of proportionality as to how many people those rockets have killed versus how many people the Israeli bombing has now killed. There's also the issue of effectiveness. In the midst of this massiveair assault killing hundreds of civilians in Gaza, a rocket fired from Gaza today killed a man and wounded seven in the Israeli town of Ashkelon. Effectiveness. Three Israelis were also stabbed by a Palestinian in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank today. Is there a military solution to this problem?"

Anti-Israeli reporters and pundits (such as Maddow) will always take an exaggerated slant against Israel.  No fact checking such as when Maddow said Israel had killed over 300 civilians while the actual number at this writing is 60 for civilians. ...TRedwine

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Maddow Criticizes Lack of 'Proportionality' to Israel Hitting Hamas -- While Exaggerating Civilian Deaths

By Jack Coleman (Bio | Archive)
December 30, 2008 - 17:25 ET

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Listening to Rachel Maddow's criticism of Israel for the conflict in Gaza, I was reminded of a cartoon I saw years ago when World War II was still vividly within memory for many Americans.

The cartoon showed a German having built what he expected to be a toy, with the empty box and its assembled contents beside him and a friend standing nearby. The man turned to his friend in exasperation and said -- No matter what they send out, it always ends up a machine gun.

Maddow is like the postwar German industry of the cartoonist's premise -- not much versatility in the product line. Regardless of circumstances leading to renewed conflict in the Middle East, her deconstruction of reality places only Israel on the trigger end of a smoking gun, and guilty for whatever actions led to its use....cont.

Are We Surprised By Rachel Maddow Gaffe?

from NewsBusters

It's the second time this week we have seen a gaffe, and always a big one, from MSNBC. This "news" network checks their reporting with as much accuracy as we sometimes do at the dinner table.

read below: Rachel Maddow Confuses Allegation With Fact in Covering for Former Air America Chum Al Franken
By Jack Coleman (Bio | Archive)
November 14, 2008 - 13:12 ET
Most recent unintentionally hilarious moment on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC cable show -- her interview with Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie over the upcoming recount in the Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger/reformed court jester Al Franken.

The interview on Wednesday night's show began innocuously enough, with a news caption at the bottom of the screen identifying Ritchie.

Ritchie described the mechanics of the looming recount, which is triggered by state law for margins of victory less than one-half percentage point. The next news caption read, "Sen. Norm Coleman (R) Has 206 Vote Lead Over Challenger Al Franken (D)" (albeit all in capital letters, as with all the captions).

Then came this eye-opener of a caption, presented as fact as with the preceding two when it is an allegation and a kneejerk one at that -- "Before Recount, GOP Trying To Smear Minnesota Secretary of State."

Says who ...? All that was needed to make this bird capable of flight were two more words ... "Democrats allege."Adding that, however, might convey an attempt by MSNBC to appear fair and balanced, the last thing its goo-goo viewership wants.