Rathergate was a legitimate scandal because:
-one news network
-passed off documents whose authenticity was questioned by its own consultants
-that might have conceivably changed the outcome of a presidential election
Imagine if the scenario was:
-at least 12 news networks (and probably many more)
-knowingly produced fabricated video footage
-that incited the murder of hundreds of people so far.
That scandal was fully described in this previous blog entry:
The Greatest Anti-Israel Libel Since The Protocols of Zion Thoroughly Debunked. Nidra Poller documented her viewing of video footage showing a dozen major news networks on a single day such as the Associated Press and Reuters producing obviously staged news. Here is some
jaw-dropping footage from other days, similar to what Nidra Kidder described watching.
In one segment, the Palestinians are shown staging a funeral. They accidentally dump the body off of its stretcher and the "corpse" gets up off the ground and places himself back on the stretcher. In another eye-opening segment, a Palestinian doctor in a hospital is shown instructing a patient and her husband how to lie about their baby's birth, to help their "Palestinian brother," the reporter. Even though the doctor himself delivered the woman's baby in the hospital, he instructs the husband how to convincingly relate the false tale that because of supposed delays imposed by the Israelis, the father had to deliver the baby in their car, while he was driving. It is apparent that the couple and doctor feel that it is their patriotic duty to lie for the "cause."
In another segment, Palestinians are seen at a Gaza junction, apparently staging fake "war scenes." Civilians are seen directing the movements of the gunmen and crowds. Palestinians are shown running, supposedly under Israeli gunfire, faking injuries, while bystanders watch or wander around in the open, just a few feet away, not appearing to be in any fear of the supposed Israeli gunfire.
Ambulances arrive, as if on cue, a few seconds later to take the "wounded" away. Gunmen are shown firing, supposedly at the Israelis, but when examined closer, we realize that they are simply firing into an empty building, just for show, to make it appear that they are in a firefight with the Israelis.
See also:
Pallywood: Palestinian Staged Incidents for the International News Media
Pallywood: Palestinian staged incidents for the international news media See also: The Biggest News Scandal of All Time is Being Ignored
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