The important awards around the world always seem to acquire a special name like the "Oscar" for the Academy Award. We have the Emmys and the Logies and a litany of other very worthy awards for hardworking artisans who ply their trade around the world.
But it takes something really special to achieve that which Fairfax scribbler Paul McGeough has achieved in the past fortnight - two awards for the price of one. Nominated for a Walkley by Fairfax which also sponsors the very same awards, McGeough won his for an execrable one sided and mostly discredited piece on May's phony fascist Free Gaza flotilla. Closely on the heels of this achievement comes the news that the same individual has snaffled a Dishonest Reporting award for the same shtick drek.
This is truly an outstanding achievement deserving of a special title similar to a "Fisk" so that people will forever associate the winning of dual awards of this nature with all that is pathetic in the world of journalism.
The association of McGeough's efforts with the fascism of Hamas, the IHH and their progenitor the Moslem Brotherhood whose Palestinian leader once sat at the heels of Hitler and plotted the final solution with Eichman and McGeough's own style of writing makes the choice of title a simple one - congratulations on becoming the inaugural McGoebbels winner in 2010.
Read what Dishonest Reporting has to say about this year's McGeobbels winner and about the others consigned to infamy here. J-Wire also has a commentary on the man here.
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MCGEOBBELS - brilliant!
Is it true that the McGeobbels Awards have already found a willing sponsor in Power Balance wristbands?
The extreme left and the extreme right are intertwined in the jihad against Israel and the Jews. This is what makes it possible for the convergence of the two awards. McGeobbels is a perfect fit for this idiot and the hypocritical organization that he works for.
Only rank hypocrites like the Age could publish a front page article questioning Julia Gillard's objectivity because of her relationship with a man who works for a Jew but allow someone to write articles and comment on Israel and the Arabs when he's in a relationship with a Palestinian woman after leaving his wife for her.
What is it about the Irish and Nazis? There exists a shameful history of the IRA during WW2 and its alliances with Hitler. The same thing applies with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hitler. Old allegiances die hard and the connections need to be examined.
He's boffing a PaliAmerican. Why wouldn't he lie about Israelis? His gf probably gets off on it!
Speaking of the Irish, Blank, there's a new proIsrael blog www.irish4israel.com.
check it out!
The association of McGeough's efforts with the fascism of Hamas, the IHH and their progenitor the Moslem Brotherhood whose Palestinian leader once sat at the heels of Hitler and plotted the final solution with Eichman and McGeough's own style of writing makes the choice of title a simple one - congratulations on becoming the inaugural McGoebbels winner in 2010.
If that was the case all Hamas was doing was to follow in the footsteps of the Jews. Some time ago The National Archives in Britain, released files revealing the activities of Jewish groups who negotiated for help from the Italians and later the Germans in driving the British out of Palestine. They also promised that the new Jewish state would become a German client state. Members met with the Nazi regime؟s representatives and tried to recruit 40,000 Jews from occupied Europe to invade Palestine
Moslem Brotherhood and Hitler?? Hamas a terrorist group.Talk about the Pot calling the Pan black How about this for an eye opener. Some years ago the National Archives in Britain, released files revealing the activities of the Zionist in pre-1948 Palestine. These included plans to assassinate the British Foreign Secretary. The Stern Gang trained some of its members to assassinate prominent British politicians. The Group included an active member, Yitzhak Shamir, who later became prime minister. Asked if it was possible to achieve national liberation through terrorism, he responded, ؟The answer is no! If the question is, are terrorist activities useful for the progress of revolution and liberation, the answer is, ؟yes؟؟. One group carried out the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British military commander in Egypt. Another member of a Zionist terrorist group (Betar) Menachem Begin later became prime minister. Begin ؟was responsible in the past for the liquidation of members of the police and the military whose activities have been judged especially worthy of Jewish resentment in Palestine.؟ The group Irgun blew up the British headquarters in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people and injuring many others. Hazit Ha؟Moledet carried out the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, a UN envoy.
The Revisionist Zionist groups openly stated that the establishment of a Zionist state in Palestine was impossible without violence and the forcible transfer of the indigenous population. The Stern Gang؟s goal was a Jewish state on the ENTIRE land of biblical Palestine. Some Zionist terrorist groups negotiated for help from the Italians and later the Germans in driving the British out of Palestine, Stern promised that the new Jewish state would become a German client state. Members met with the Nazi regime؟s representatives and tried to recruit 40,000 Jews from occupied Europe to invade Palestine
Anonymous (3:45PM) and Tommy Truth - you clones of each other posted 34 minutes apart and both failed to put any case at all let alone a convincing one.
To you, it seems that the McGeobbels association is wrong because there were Jewish terrorists before and during Israel's War of Independence in 1947-8 or that some Jewish groups negotiated with the Nazis to get their brothers and sisters out of their clutches before they could be murdered in cold blood.
You don't realise how pitiful you both sound.
Nobody's denying the existence of the Irgun and the Stern Gang or that its members sometimes used tactics associated with some modern day terror groups but that doesn't make Hamas any less a terrorist organisation than them.
Nor does it make the Moslem Brotherhood any less dangerous to the Palestinians (let alone the Israelis) and nor does it detract from the truth that the Palestinian spiritual leader plotted the final solution with the Nazis and that the same sentiments exist in the Hamas charter. Incidentally McGeough believes nobody takes the charter seriously but then again, there was also a time when nobody took Mein Kampf seriously too.
If McGeough is of a like mind to you two, it might explain why he's so reticent when it comes to mentioning Hamas but not even he would rate suicide bombing and disembowling pregnant mothers in front of their children as anything but terrorism of the ugliest kind. That's what Hamas does for a living and that's what the two of you are cheerleading for.
As for Goebbels, we know that his forte was to continue telling his people lies until they believed them as truth. If you believe that mainstream Jewish groups colluded with the Nazis or that the bombing of British Army HQ (which wasn't condoned by the mainstream fighting force of the Jews and which I would never condone) as equivalent to the suicide bombers then I suggest the Goebbels philosophy has worked on both of you.
Well said Wibur. Tommy Truth and his anonymous friend sound like the same person. Let's call him Larry the Liar.
Tweedeledee and Tweedledumb (above) have totally missed the point. McGeough's flotilla articles are fatally flawed because of his selectivity in what he chooses to disclose. He knows the facts about the deaths on board are hotly contested but refuses to give his readers the opportunity to make up their minds based on the facts. By promoting his account as eyewitness and then disclosing one side and one side only he is deceiving his public.
A fine example of the crap we have to put up with in today's SMH letters section.
Silence at crimes against Christians
I am surprised and disappointed there have been no letters in the Herald, let alone outcries from religious, secular and political leaders, about the persecution of Christians in Muslim countries ("Christmas a time of fear as extremists hit churches", December 23-24, and "Pope issues plea for persecuted Christians", December 27).
We are quick to reprimand those responsible for the maltreatment of boat people, Palestinians and abused children, but apparently the escalation of organised violence against Christians is not seen as particularly troubling, even at this supposed season of goodwill and peace.
When government authorities, such as the police in Iraq, Indonesia and the Philippines, stand by and allow vigilante groups to attack and kill long-term populations in order to drive them out, what is the response from the United Nations? The Australian government? Leaders of all religions? You?
Let us not repeat the terrible errors of the past by turning away.
Peter Allen Castle Cove
Not so quick to reprimand the Palestinian groups including Hamas that are persecuting Christians and ... ever so slow in discussing the racist tactics employed in many parts of the world against Jews, not to mention the antiSemitic tone of writing the media.
Wilbur You are correct both came from same computer Grandson pushed Anonymous send on a draft copy but no matter facts are facts and in Israel case its a matter of reliving the past only instead of the Nazis doing the occuping it is the Israelis and if Israeli Human Rights reports are correct settler gangs of thugs have taken the place of the black shirts I also use the following report presented to the UN by Mr John Dugard,
Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,in which he cites cases of Israeli practises of human rights abuses againstthe Palestinians that include such outrages as ( bulldozing the homes,
schools, hospitals, farms etc of the Palestinians, destroying their water and electricity supplies, countless cases of serious war crimes and crimes against humanity, the use of experimental weapons against civilians that
cause especially serious physical injuries. He also examples assassinations by the hundreds and military actions that resulted in over 400 Palestinians being killed and some 1,500 injured between July and November 2006 alone, with more than half of those killed and wounded being civilians, including the deaths of 90 children and the injury of another 300. The report also makes mention of the unlawful detention in Israel of over 9000 Palestinians including women and children and of laws and
practices so discriminatory that not only is it impossible for thousands of Palestinian families to live together but also prevents them from going about the daily business of seeking or going to places of employment or the
selling of any goods or produce they may have managed to make or grow thus causing more than over 80 per cent of the population live below the official poverty line )
As Mr. Dugard also states Israel has not only violated a number of rights as proclaimed in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights articles, particularly the right to life, freedom from torture, inhuman or
degrading treatment, freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention etc but many other International Covenants as well. I rest my case on facts not propaganda
Tommy, the problem is, as anonymous 8:55 has already pointed out, that you're not getting the point and you're not dealing with the subject matter at hand.
Let me deal first with the matter you raised. Dugard and the UNHRC are not impartial players in this scenario. Think of all the human rights abuses in the world - massacres in Darfur, the Congo, Sri Lanka (there are real massacres going on there involving thousands of dead, not just 9 gangster jihadists as there were on the Mavi Marmara). What does the UNHRC do for the victims there in comparison to its constant bileous one-sided attacks on one country, Israel? Dugard was not appointed to judge, he has no power over witnesses and cannot sanction any instances of taqiyya on their part. Furthermore, his role as an appointee of UNHRC was to investigate only allegations of violations by the Israeli side i.e he was not required to report on human rights abuses by the Palestinian side (including suicide bombers, people who fire rockets at kindergartens from their own schools and mosques etc.) and had no jurisdiction (or inclination to investigate) over the excesses of the various terrorist groups which give rise to the necessity for Israel to defend itself in the first place.
In this respect I see a link between Dugard and McGeough in that neither of them are particularly interested in giving context to their stories. Israel is therefore always depicted as the villain. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and all the bad guys you see around this site wearing masks and looking like gangsters are airbrushed out of the picture.
That's how Goebbels operated too.
Let me add that no doubt there are some excesses on the Israeli side, war isn't nice but that further, the Israelis do have a system for dealing with those in the military who breach its codes of ethics and conduct. You can't point to anything similar on the other side can you?
All that said, not even Dugard has described the behaviour you referred to as being akin to the conduct of the Nazis. He preferred the "apartheid" comparison (to show his lack of bias) but he was wrong on that score because his facts didn't back him up - his "evidence" is in the main was twisted and tainted by false witness.
The comparison you and many of the bash Israel propagandists make with the Nazis not just risible - it's sick. There is no Israeli policy that even approximates that of the fascists unless you want to raise the fringe Kach movement which is banned by Israeli legislation.
On the other hand, Hamas, which McGeough goes to great lengths to hide from view (how on earth can you fill six pages on Free Gaza without mentioning them once?) has a policy formalised in its charter aimed at destroying Israel and killing Jews.
It's my view that if a person in the media runs cover for Hamas and the terrorists then they're on the side of fascists and the murderers and that Tommy is the Truth.
Tommy, the problem is, as anonymous 8:55 has already pointed out, that you're not getting the point and you're not dealing with the subject matter at hand.
Let me deal first with the matter you raised. Dugard and the UNHRC are not impartial players in this scenario. Think of all the human rights abuses in the world - massacres in Darfur, the Congo, Sri Lanka (there are real massacres going on there involving thousands of dead, not just 9 gangster jihadists as there were on the Mavi Marmara). What does the UNHRC do for the victims there in comparison to its constant bileous one-sided attacks on one country, Israel? Dugard was not appointed to judge, he has no power over witnesses and cannot sanction any instances of taqiyya on their part. Furthermore, his role as an appointee of UNHRC was to investigate only allegations of violations by the Israeli side i.e he was not required to report on human rights abuses by the Palestinian side (including suicide bombers, people who fire rockets at kindergartens from their own schools and mosques etc.) and had no jurisdiction (or inclination to investigate) over the excesses of the various terrorist groups which give rise to the necessity for Israel to defend itself in the first place.
In this respect I see a link between Dugard and McGeough in that neither of them are particularly interested in giving context to their stories. Israel is therefore always depicted as the villain. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and all the bad guys you see around this site wearing masks and looking like gangsters are airbrushed out of the picture.
That's how Goebbels operated too (to be continued)
(Continued)
Let me add that no doubt there are some excesses on the Israeli side, war isn't nice but that further, the Israelis do have a system for dealing with those in the military who breach its codes of ethics and conduct. You can't point to anything similar on the other side can you?
All that said, not even Dugard has described the behaviour you referred to as being akin to the conduct of the Nazis. He preferred the "apartheid" comparison (to show his lack of bias) but he was wrong on that score because his facts didn't back him up - his "evidence" is in the main was twisted and tainted by false witness.
The comparison you and many of the bash Israel propagandists make with the Nazis not just risible - it's sick. There is no Israeli policy that even approximates that of the fascists unless you want to raise the fringe Kach movement which is banned by Israeli legislation.
On the other hand, Hamas, which McGeough goes to great lengths to hide from view (how on earth can you fill six pages on Free Gaza without mentioning them once?) has a policy formalised in its charter aimed at destroying Israel and killing Jews.
It's my view that if a person in the media runs cover for Hamas and the terrorists then they're on the side of fascists and the murderers and that Tommy is the Truth.
Wilbur, Let me explain a few things I am 80 years of age and in that time have made a lot of friends including many many Jews. My Grandfather was a Lebanese Christian he came over to Australia to escape the bondage of the Turks in the late 1800’s. As a child I have memories of him welcoming Jewish Reffos as they were called then to his house for he himself had felt the sorrow of being disposed. He also helped some of them start their small businesses not by lending them money but by providing surety when they were unable to get loans My Father who was born in Australia did the same during the war years and early Fifties. I played with Jews as a child I did business with Jews as an adult. And I can tell every one of those people who have passed on would shake their head in shame and disbelief along with those who are still in contact with me today for they worked hard to ensure a Jew could stand as tall as any man and what they obtained they worked for not took by force. and suffering of others. I do not in any way try to justify violence against Jews and the comments you made re other Countries are valid but I do not see anyone defending their actions of abuses cant you see where Israel is heading and its mantle of honour is being replaced with a sorry shawl woven from the blood and suffering of others What I am on about is how and why you and others try so hard to convince yourselves that all is well with Israeli actions, is it a cover up for the hidden guilt you feel for the Israeli behaviour? or do you refuse to accept the truth. I now close this subject
Thanks for closing the subject Tommy.
I still don't think you understand what this story is all about. It's not about whether Israel is right or wrong in everything it does - it's about the completley unbalanced way in which McGeough presented the flotilla story which is another matter entirely.
Tommy Truth is one of those people who only hear what they want to hear. As soon as Israel gets mentioned it's all about whatever Israel does is wrong and it's open season as far as telling lies is concerned. That's why Tommy wasn't concentrating on McGeough's errors and omissions which taint his storytelling and make them such pathetic works of fiction.
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