tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post6498531223086061285..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: SMH Letters Editor No EinsteinMERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-8319634565801768822011-05-24T09:45:55.755+10:002011-05-24T09:45:55.755+10:00The indefatigable Ali Kazak returned from the Midd...The indefatigable Ali Kazak returned from the Middle East the very day the Koutsoukis misrepresentations and spin appeared in print. Ali Kazak, to his credit, promptly replied but this reply was Bowdlerized by the letters editor, acting, as usual, on auto-pilot.<br /><br />For those not familiar with the expression "Bowdlerize" the following entry from Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable may, in part, help explain both Granny's dilemma and submission.<br /><br />Bowdlerize (bou'dle iz) To expurgate a book. Thomas Bowdler, in 1818, gave to the world an edition of Shakespear's works "in which nothing is added to the original text; BUT THOSE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS ARE OMITTED WHICH CANNOT WITH PROPREITY BE READ ALOUD IN A FAMILY." This was in ten volumes. Bowdler subsequently treated Gibbon's Decline and Fall in the same way. Hence the words Bowdlerist, Bowdlerizer, Bowdlerism, etc.<br /><br />We have here a demonstration of how letters are treated even from such distinguished corespondents as former ambassador Ali Kazak. Imagine the respect to the truth and fidelity of the actual news itself from 'our' media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-80318968237083752422011-05-23T17:37:45.731+10:002011-05-23T17:37:45.731+10:00Mm, embedded journalism... so comfy!Mm, embedded journalism... so comfy!MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-80271267398035802532011-05-23T17:20:15.706+10:002011-05-23T17:20:15.706+10:00I often quote Benny Morris, it often shuts up the ...I often quote Benny Morris, it often shuts up the rabid Israel boosters-"eminent" historian,Israeli Jew,enthusist of ethnic cleansing.What a trying thing it must be for Jason[Koutsikis]Greg[Sheriden]John[Lyons]and Ben["ABC News Jerusalem] to minimise or eliminate the Palestinian perspective from their purportedly "informed" items from the "Middle East".How does a normal,sane, intelligent person get around the West Bank and Palestinian East Jerusalem and not see EXACTLY what the grim reality is-never mind go to Gaza and see the appalling tragedy of that open air prison?Jason,Greg?any of you?Robnoreply@blogger.com