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A BCer in Toronto: John Baird, buffonery, and journalism
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"Balanced journalism isn't letting one side spout its bullshit, and then
letting the other side spout its bullshit, and patting yourself on the
back for being so balanced. Journalism means when someone spouts
bullshit, you say no, that's bullshit, so please don't piss on my leg
and tell me it's raining.

We seem to have forgotten that. "

Canadian beaten by Israelis

Canadian detained on Gaza aid flotilla says he was beaten - thestar.com
Excerpts:

“The Israeli soldiers beat me on the ship,” said Audeh in a telephone
interview with CBC from Jordan.

“They had us bound, handcuffed
... and we were detained for an extensive period of time and were not
allowed to go to the washrooms ... or sleep. It's been a rough 24 to 48
hours, let's put it that way.”

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Audeh said the attack began in the early hours of Monday morning when
Israeli naval ships began firing live rounds, rubber bullets and sound
bombs at the flotilla.

Troops then boarded the ships via
helicopter and began shooting at the passengers, Audeh said, adding that
dozens were injured in the attack.

Audeh denied Israeli reports
that the flotilla passengers responded to the raid with violence and
resistance, calling such accusations “ridiculous.”

“The question
is, why were they coming after us in international waters and attacking
us? It was a humanitarian aid ship. We were all civilians, we were
unarmed and we did not attack them.”

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