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Originally Posted by Ainoow
I assume you refer to this quote?
Iranian state TV runs series on Holocaust in primetime
If so, you are mistaken that that would be the only complaint about MEMRI. Not only seems MEMRI to fail to bring the Israeli media outltes, but it clearly only picks the news items from the ME press fauna when it fits their agenda. As an illustration, I provided the link to their unbiased overview of the Iranian media.
Finally, there are also several complaints about the accuracy of their translations. |
Actually I was referring to the first part of the quote also
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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".
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So you think the fact that they don't reproduce the entire content of the arab press is a valid criticism?
"Several" complaints? For an outfit who has translated tens of thousands of articles - most of which either expose the real agenda of the arab governments who publish the content or quote dissident arab journalists? I'd say that's a damn fine record.
Basically the complaint comes down to whining that MEMRI won't do the arab governments' job for them and attempt to show that some government press somewhere - anywhere - contains material as hateful and dehumanizing as the television broadcasts we've been talking about.