Posted on 08/26/2006 5:08:51 PM PDT by markedmannerf
On a personal note, I have had some conversations with Telegraph staffers in the US, and, knowing from my speech that I was obviously American, they were very cordial.
Could it be that there have been some changes for the worse on their editorial staff lately? Or could it be that they sense an anti-American feeling sweeping over Britain and are trying to play to it, at least for now?
As for the piece posted at the top of this thread, I don't detect an anti-Israeli undertone, in contrast to many of the AP and Reuters stories that were written during the recent war. And I don't think there's any espionage against Israel involved here at all.
I still think that the Telegraph is to be trusted a lot more than, for example, the Guardian (of Sidney Blumenthal notoriety) or the BBC.
It's been getting worse since Conrad Black (pro-American conservative from Canada) was driven from control of the publication, and the Barclays moved in. Conrad was attacked every which way from the left long before he moved from Canada.
There's trash about him all over the place, but it's easy to see the truth between the lines of our adversaries.
http://www.ketupa.net/black.htm
Another thing that is behind what appears to be a recent change is the Lebanon issue. Differences in perceptions of many Britons (from those of most Americans) on Israel go way back, even long before the period described behind the following history.
British Mandate for Palestine (WW I to 1948)
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_mandate.php
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