US - Dan Rather: Western media aiding terrorists

Is Rather trying to redeem himself after he and CBS were caught red handed using forged documents in an attempt to steal the last presidential election? How else to explain this frank admission.

Rather's admission came on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News Channel show. It was about three weeks into the war in Lebanon, and O'Reilly said to Rather that there is a problem "with American reportage. Some networks give moral equivalency to Hezbollah in the reporting of this war." Rather declared, "I agree that that's a problem."

O'Reilly seemed somewhat stunned by the admission, and this exchange ensued:

O'Reilly: "Do you agree it happens?"

Rather: "I agree it happens, and I agree it's a problem, that, it's a problem that those of us in journalism have been reluctant to address-I do not exclude myself from this criticism-reluctant to address that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization."

O'Reilly: "Right."

Rather: "It's committed to the destruction of Israel. It isn't committed to trying to just gain territory. It's committed to its destruction."

And CNN aids terrorists as well.

The hour special, repeated numerous times, was hosted by Anderson Cooper. It relied on a so-called expert on Hezbollah, Mark Perry. "They're quite a deeply community-oriented organization that is primarily a social organization first," said Perry, "and a militant organization second." At one point, CNN acknowledged that Perry's group "encourages dialogue with Hezbollah."

But Perry has a much deeper relationship with Arab and Muslim radicals. He was very close to the former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, himself an active terrorist for close to four decades. In a dialogue that Perry participated in on a blog site, he said, "I think it safe to say that I was [Arafat's] closest American friend…In all of that period I worked very hard with him on learning about the American media, American public opinion, and how to shape and present a coherent message. It was a frustrating but fascinating experience."

This was the CNN "expert." Was he also helping Hezbollah to "shape and present a coherent message?" And did CNN fall for it?

And two of CNN's reporters were forced to admit that Hezbollah controlled their reporting from Lebanon.

Let's not forget Reutersgate and Fauxtogate.