CNN The First Major News Outlet To Confirm Israel Broke The Ceasfire

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Friday January 09, 2009 00:56 by Miriam

Will this break the media 'consensus'

CNN anchors cite evidence from The Guardian, The Economist and others from back in November that Israel killed six Palestinians in Gaza - and accept that this action put the ceasefire 'in jeopardy' and was the reason why Hamas fired rockets into Israel.

All of which begs the question: why, if The Guardian and The Economist were aware of those facts back then, have they not been much more forthright in condeming Israels so called 'retaliation'. The CNN report from a somewhat excitable news presenter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntmpoRXFX4