Has Al Jazeera decided it wants to pretend it’s a real news source? Hmm:
Arabic television station Al Jazeera said on Thursday a July broadcast in honor of a Lebanese prisoner freed by Israel violated its code of ethics.
Israel said on Wednesday it would no longer assist the Qatar-based network because of the July 19 birthday party broadcast for Samir Qantar, who spent 29 years in an Israeli jail for a 1979 attack in which five Israelis were killed.
The network said in a statement that its editorial board concluded that the broadcast “violated Al Jazeera’s Code of Ethics”. The network said it “regards these violations as very serious and will assess what action is necessary”.
The Al Jazeera show featured Qantar using a scimitar, a traditional Arab sword, to slice a cake with his picture on it.
(Via LGF.)
I’m not marking this one “Media Failure,” that’s for real media.
Internet Scofflaw 