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Originally Posted by Ainoow
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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If you look at the posts you will see my objection was not to "a little bit biased". It was to "busted', "compromised", "controlled by Israeli intelligence"
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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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I keep up with MEMRIwatch on a regular basis. Because "I personally never believe any source unreservedly - including Memri." As for the real agenda those articles and television shows are not made up by MEMRI. They are broadcast on official Arab government television to every arab in the middle east. And they are printed in official arab government newspapers. MEMRI is not digging through nutcase fringe media for this stuff. It's right there in the official government organs. And if it's disseminated through government controlled media it is reasonable to assume it is the "real agenda" of that government.
Once again, it is not MEMRI's job to reproduce the entire content of the official arab press. If the arab leaders want the enire contents translated it would be the easiest thing in the world to just publish accurate english translations of all their official newspapers and television shows. That would instantly put MEMRI right out of business. I personally would have no problem at all with that.
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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.
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I don't believe that is their goal. I also don't think it's relevant to the accuracy of the translations. But it is one of the reasons "I personally never believe any source unreservedly - including Memri."