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January 15, 2006

Another MSM Journalist Joins Al-Jazz

Posted by Dave Blount at January 15, 2006 7:29 PM

Helping to explain why it's getting so difficult to distinguish between the MSM's version of the news and the sort of hyperbolic anti-American propaganda disgorged by Al-Jazeera, another MSM journalist, Dave Marash of ABC's "Nightline," has gone to work for Al-Jazz, following the lead of Riz Khan, James Wright, and Kieran Baker of CNN, as well as the British journalist David Frost.

Marash called the terrorist-supporting and evidently terrorist-linked Al-Jazeera "a thoroughly respectable news organization."

The Bush Administration, tasked with defending Americans from the terrorists with whom Al-Jazz clearly has a close working relationship, has a different point of view. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld has denounced Al-Jazz's practice of promoting terrorism by airing beheadings and other al Qaeda videos.

"I think what irritates the Bush Administration is that Al-Jazeera is better sourced than anybody among America's adversaries in the Middle East," says Marash, making it clear that he is aware he is going to work for America's adversaries. The WWII equivalent would be going over to Germany to work for Joseph Goebbels.

Marash made repeated use of the words "nuanced" and "sophisticated" to describe Al-Jazz, confirming that he views it as a platform for spewing liberal-elite bilgewater.

Hat tip: Wiggins