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Originally Posted by timj219
Actually I was referring to the first part of the quote alsoSo you think the fact that they don't reproduce the entire content of the arab press is a valid criticism?
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If you also claim to be a little bit critical towards MEMRI, why do you have so much trouble with me calling them 'a little bit biased'?
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"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.
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MEMRIWATCH.org is following-up on a constant base. You may want to browse their overview of MEMRI inaccuracies and/or bias.
With regard to the 'real agenda', is that the real agenda, or the agenda MEMRI would love us to believe is the real agenda. In the former case, can you explain why there would not be any word about the thread topic, or why the current news-list on Iran, is indiscriminately negative?
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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.
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MEMRI claims to have a goal to bring the several cultures in the ME closer together. They don't live up to that. On the opposite, they seem to focus on every news item that could drive cultures apart.