Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘trashed’ CNN and NYT…literally.
Via The Hill.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu borrowed a line from President Trump on Sunday, referring to CNN, The New York Times and other outlets as “fake news.”
Netanyahu was upset with reporting by the two news groups about a new political document from the Palestinian group Hamas.
“Ever wonder what fake news is?” Netanyahu asked in a social media posting. “Last week, headlines in CNN, Al Jazeera and The Guardian said Hamas now accepts a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines. The New York Times headline called this ‘moderation.’”….
While the Hamas document states a willingness for a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, the group continues to back terrorism, Netanyahu argued, and has no interest in peace with Israel….
Democracy Dies in Darkness and CNN, NYT, WaPo, et al, are dark as they can be.
I wonder if Netanyahu’s paper-in-the-waste-basket gesture was inspired by one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century: Chaim Herzog’s 1975 speech to the U.N., “No more than a piece of paper”
http://speakola.com/ideas/chaim-herzog-un-zionism-1975
Worth a listen.
This is an excellent deconstruction of the fake media’s moral equivalence foundation.