Archive for August, 2006

Pollard’s Challenge

August 4th, 2006

The ever-absurd right-wing hack Stephen Pollard challenges his critics “to point out a single example of an example I have cited being made up, or in any material way inaccurate”, claiming that “it is an outright falsehood to argue that I have made any of my examples up or been in any way inaccurate in the reporting of them…”

Here’s a claim Pollard posted on his blog this morning:

“But what of the 300,000 Israeli refugees, driven from their homes by Hezbollah terror attacks? The BBC does not consider their plight worth reporting.”

And here’s a page from Wednesday’s BBC website:

“Having fled her home in the city of Haifa an hour after the first Hezbollah rocket hit the city, Alma Herbst says she now has an emergency bag packed and her passport to hand…”

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Dead National Socialist Watch

August 3rd, 2006

The NY Times tells me that Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was “Storming” Norman Schwarzkopf’s aunt. I had no idea.

A quick scan of my shelves suggests that I don’t own nearly enough Schwarzkopf recordings, incidentally, so recommendations in the comments are more than more than welcome.