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Originally Posted by Ainoow
Interesting link moon! Thanks!
Metalted, Memri is busted! Accept it. It doesn't clear the Arab series, but you should be carefull using Memri as the source. Debka is another doubtfull website.
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I personally never believe any source unreservedly - including Memri. But it is worth pointing out that the referenced article says
"Nobody, so far as I know, disputes the general accuracy of Memri's translations".
So the only complaint about Memri is that it publishes translations from official arab and iranian government television and newspapers, official publications of hamas and hezbollah, and speeches by major islamic religious leaders without also publishing material which might be published in israeli sources. I guess the only answer to that is that
if the Israeli press were government controlled like the television and press in the arab world and
if it contained material even remotely like the movies we have been discussing, it would certainly be within the means of the arab countries or an outlet like al jazeera to translate those materials and publish them on the web. As far as I know there is no such website.
Is that really the same as "Memri busted?" Does it even qualify as "doubtful?" Only if you are willing to condemn all information based on its source without considering that even its worst enemies admit the information is accurate. No source should be believed uncritically. But since Memri's material is all from official arab government sources, since it is all from widely disseminated sources, since I have never seen any of its translations disputed, I will continue to regard it as one of the more reliable sources from that part of the world.