Posted on 08/08/2006 5:25:46 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 8, 2006 - 07:50
Bring back Katie! OK, perhaps that's not the solution, but the sycophantish display that Ann Curry put on for Queen Noor and her one-sided views of the conflict in the Middle East was enough to make you pound the TV screen in frustration.
Noor is a Princeton-educated Arab-American who is the widow of the late King Hussein of Jordan. Curry began by asking Noor, a guest on this morning's Today show, "what insights might you offer America about what Hezbollah wants and what it's willing to do to get it?"
Noor blamed the Jews and lauded Hezbollah: "Hezbollah was created as was Hamas in the Palestinian territories during a period of Israeli occupation which is on-going in the Palestinian territories and in Lebanon. Hezbollah was largely responsible and credited by the Lebanese for having creating the pressure for having Israel withdraw from Lebanese territory."
Curry took Noor's notion a grotesque step further: "So it's almost seen as a savior."
Even Noor balked at Curry's unfortunate choice of words: "It's perceived as a legitimate resistance movement to Israeli occupation and Israeli holding of thousands of prisoners, Lebanese and Palestinian."
The militant arm [of Hezbollah] can be . . . reduced and can lose its reason and legitmacy if the occupation of Lebanese land is turned back, the Israelis now withdraw there is an immediate ceasefir and there is attention paid to the prisoners issue.
Currey jumped in to make clear that the 'prisoners issue' had to be seen from the Hezbollah perspective: "you're talking about the Lebanese prisoners being held in Israeli jails and that is why Hezbollah said it crossed the border."
In a bizarre twist, Noor then actually took her cue from Curry, attempting attempted to justify Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers: "Kidnappings like that had resulted in prisoner exchanges. That seemed to be the only way they could address this issue, by these kidnappings. The same thing in the Palestinian territories. It's important to understand that even though the loss of civilian life on both sides is unacceptable and against all humanitarian law, nonetheless, these groups have not found the political process to be successful . . . If the Israeli occupation of Arab lands ceases, according to the U.N. Security resolution since 1967, if those are finally implemented with the political will of the United States and the international community, then you start to drain out support for legitimacy and the reason for being of the militant arms of these groups that are also political presences in those governments."
Seconding Noor's notion of draining support for the terrorists, Curry 'helpfully' interjected: "The power." Translation: if only Israel could be forced to end its occupation, those poor terrorists - who really have had no alternative but to murder innocent civilians - would lose some of their power.
You might have expected Curry to ask how the conflict can be resolved given that Hezbollah and Hamas continue to call for the destruction of Israel, and Hezbollah's patron Iran calls for Israel to be wiped off the map. But no, just murmurs and sighs for Noor's one-sided take on the conflict. Ann's performance reached its fawning apotheosis when, in thanking Queen Noor at the end of the interview, Curry offered Her Majesty a brief but remarkable bow of the head.
Today Show/NewsBusters Curry-suck-up ping.
I saw that interview. It made me sick.
Thanks for the confirmation. Even given Today's long and inglorious history, this has to go down as one of the most fawning, one-sided interview ever. Not one challenging question, not one question from an American or Israeli perspective. Curry not only seconded Noor's theory, she took it further on occasion and offered her 'helpful' interpretations of Noor's remarks. Truly disgusting.
They want the total destruction of Israel and all non muzzies, and they're in the process of waging WWIII in order to achieve that goal. PERIOD.
Why does anyone watch these horrible morning shows? The morning is so much more pleasant with the tv OFF.
Official Website of Her Majesty Queen Noor - Personal Profile
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What an insipid question! Anyone who has paid the slightest attention to recent events knows that
Hezbollah wants all Jews dead!
And they are also more than willing to kill anyone else regardless of race, creed, or religion, in the accomplishment of that goal. They are EOKs: Equal Opportunity Killers!
Why doesn't she just interview Nasrallah.....
Ann Curry grovels to Lisa Halaby.
My tagline says it all ;-)
Exactly. She really did give her a little head tip/bow at the interview's end.
Ann has always been a smiling, disgusting liberal, hand chosen by ABC for her political agenda.
People not paying close attention might be deceived by Ann's butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth style. But beneath the prim exterior, I'd say Curry is the most biased liberal in the Today show pack - which is saying a lot!
The TV MSM types are incredibly ignorant; they are puffed-up poppinjays and courtesans, so why bother with Television?
You could always try the fun Elvis solution and shoot out the tv with a gun but unless you have the money Elvis did it's not a good idea. I kind of like the idea of sponge bricks some novelty stores sell. http://www.themagicwarehouse.com/foam.html
hear, hear!
The Today Show totally went down the tubes once J. Fred Muggs left.
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