MSNBC Admits Using Factually Wrong Map
[From article]
MSNBC has admitted that highly controversial graphics aired
on the network that depicted Israel as stealing land from the
Palestinians were “factually wrong” and that the broadcast would be
corrected on Monday, according to a network spokesperson.
The cable news network has been fighting off criticism
after it aired the graphics and analysis, including a map linked to
conspiracy groups branded as anti-Semitic, that portrayed Israel as
existing on territory expropriated from Palestine.
The graphics garnered criticism from pro-Israel advocates
and has now prompted the network to acknowledge that the graphics were
highly misleading.
“In an attempt to shed light on the geographic context of
the Israeli-Palestinian issue, we aired a map that was factually wrong,”
the spokesperson said on Sunday.
[. . .]
Fletcher, a Middle East analyst, said on Sunday that the map and analyses were “dead wrong.”
MSNBC broadcast images suggesting that Israel has stolen
most of its land from the Palestinians since the Jewish state’s creation
in 1948. The images promoted by the network have long been criticized
by scholars and anti-Semitism watchdog groups as anti-Israel propaganda.
The maps closely resemble propaganda
disseminated by anti-Israel organizations that support boycotts of the
Jewish state and aim to portray it as stealing land once belonging to
Palestine, a state that has never formally existed.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/msnbc-admits-anti-israel-wrong/
MSNBC Admits Anti-Israel Graphics Were ‘Wrong’
Admits broadcast was ‘factually wrong’
BY: Adam Kredo
October 18, 2015 5:10 pm
