https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&feed=atom&action=historyRichard North (blogger) - Revision history2024-03-29T08:13:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=104818&oldid=prevClaire Robinson: /* Flakking for Israel */2010-01-16T11:58:23Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Flakking for Israel</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 6 August 2006, North blogged about the veracity of the eponymous photographs of the rescuers after the Israeli bombing of Qana.  North's contention is that the photos were staged.  On 7 August 2006, North's story was a key part of a BBC Newsnight special section on the manipulation of images coming out of a conflict zone. (The transcript of the Newsnight program can be read [http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0043761.html here].)  Note that the questions about the veracity of the Qana photos were widely circulated by [[LittleGreenFootballs]], the right-wing blog.  (NB: [[Charles Johnson]], the editor of LGF, received a prize for "promoting Israel and Zionism" because of LGF's flak.<ref>Stewart Purvis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasection.israel Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war], The Guardian, 20 November 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref>)   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 6 August 2006, North blogged about the veracity of the eponymous photographs of the rescuers after the Israeli bombing of Qana.  North's contention is that the photos were staged.  On 7 August 2006, North's story was a key part of a BBC Newsnight special section on the manipulation of images coming out of a conflict zone. (The transcript of the Newsnight program can be read [http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0043761.html here].)  Note that the questions about the veracity of the Qana photos were widely circulated by [[LittleGreenFootballs]], the right-wing blog.  (NB: [[Charles Johnson]], the editor of LGF, received a prize for "promoting Israel and Zionism" because of LGF's flak.<ref>Stewart Purvis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasection.israel Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war], The Guardian, 20 November 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref>)   </div></td></tr>
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</table>Claire Robinsonhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=104809&oldid=prevClaire Robinson at 10:07, 16 January 20102010-01-16T10:07:53Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 6 August 2006, North blogged about the veracity of the eponymous photographs of the rescuers after the Israeli bombing of Qana.  North's contention is that the photos were staged.  On 7 August 2006, North's story was a key part of a BBC Newsnight special section on the manipulation of images coming out of a conflict zone. (The transcript of the Newsnight program can be read [http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0043761.html here].)  Note that the questions about the veracity of the Qana photos were widely circulated by [[LittleGreenFootballs]], the right-wing blog.  (NB: [[Charles Johnson]], the editor of LGF, received a prize for "promoting Israel and Zionism" because of LGF's flak.<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ref needed</del></ref>)  This is what MediaLens had to say about this affair:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 6 August 2006, North blogged about the veracity of the eponymous photographs of the rescuers after the Israeli bombing of Qana.  North's contention is that the photos were staged.  On 7 August 2006, North's story was a key part of a BBC Newsnight special section on the manipulation of images coming out of a conflict zone. (The transcript of the Newsnight program can be read [http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0043761.html here].)  Note that the questions about the veracity of the Qana photos were widely circulated by [[LittleGreenFootballs]], the right-wing blog.  (NB: [[Charles Johnson]], the editor of LGF, received a prize for "promoting Israel and Zionism" because of LGF's flak.<ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Stewart Purvis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasection.israel Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war], The Guardian, 20 November 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ins></ref>)   </div></td></tr>
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</table>Claire Robinsonhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=104798&oldid=prevDavid: /* Flakking for Israel */2010-01-15T00:10:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Flakking for Israel</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=42913&oldid=prevDavid: /* External Resources */2008-01-09T20:39:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">External Resources</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=42912&oldid=prevDavid at 20:38, 9 January 20082008-01-09T20:38:11Z<p></p>
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</table>Paulhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Richard_North_(blogger)&diff=18478&oldid=prevPaul: add article re: reuters and the doctored photos2007-02-12T01:10:30Z<p>add article re: reuters and the doctored photos</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Richard North''' (not to be confused with the other [[Richard North]] who writes under the name [[Richard D North]] for various right wing think tanks) is a right-wing blogger who runs [http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/qana-directors-cut.html this blog].  "He is a full-time parliamentary researcher with a PhD and has also worked for newspapers (currently researching for the Sunday Telegraph) since 1992." He has also written for [[Private Eye]] under the nom de plume 'Muckspreader'[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=195542002].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Richard North''' (not to be confused with the other [[Richard North]] who writes under the name [[Richard D North]] for various right wing think tanks) is a right-wing blogger who runs [http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/08/qana-directors-cut.html this blog].  "He is a full-time parliamentary researcher with a PhD and has also worked for newspapers (currently researching for the Sunday Telegraph) since 1992." He has also written for [[Private Eye]] under the nom de plume 'Muckspreader'[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=195542002].</div></td></tr>
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