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When Lies of Omission Are Reported as Truth

JL;DR SUMMARY Jonathan Rosenblum's commentary addresses the inconsistencies in media coverage regarding Israel's military actions in Lebanon, highlighting how reports often omit the provocations by Hezbollah that led to Israeli responses. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rocket AttacksHezbollahMedia BiasHaviv Rettig GurMichael OrenJonathan RosenblumMiddle East TensionsLebanon ConflictDisplaced Populations

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Israel
"I rarely see anyone articulate the reality of Israel, her enemies, the attitudes of the world toward us, and our ancestral homeland and why those attitudes prevail in our world today, better than Jonathan."
United States
"and Michael Oren, historian and former ambassador to the United States, precisely because they are normally so unflappable."
Lebanon
"The frustration is the consequence of what Jonathan calls non-stop press and TV reports focusing on the suffering of the 600,000 residents of southern Lebanon forced to flee their homes"

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