Here's the transcript for the ProPublica/60 Minutes "report" on al-Hurra TV
If you did not see the broadcast Sunday night, here is a transcript of the report. The only real criticism of al-Hurra was that it reported "anti-Israel" news. The fact that it is a government-controlled, propaganda outlet posing as a journalism site was of secondary importance, and as far as I am concerned, a professional journalist, that report is pathetic and should never have been allowed to be broadcast by 60 Minutes.
Criticism of Israel is NOT unprofessional journalism. The fact that criticism of Israel is a story, is unprofessional journalism.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june08/alhurra_06-23.html
I am saddened that mainstream American journalism continues to sink further down each day.
But even if I didn;t have the Pro-Publica report to disturb my senses, there is always Don Imus.
Ray Hanania
www.TheMediaOasis.com