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TO:  BAR-ILAN, EYE ON MEDIA, JLEM POST; CC: BEDEIN ISRAEL RESOURCE
FROM:  Steve Amdur, Haon, 15170; 06-757572; FAX: 06-757511
REF:   CNN Headline News 11/07/94  (MidEast TV)
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WALKING HEAD:  Bill Delaney

TEXT:  "Jews said they'd no more than reclaimed what's theirs byDivine Right."

CONTEXT:  Followed by a brief interview with Levinger.  (Rhymeswith Dillinger, says I.)

QUALIFICATION:  Something similar is then said about the Muslims'notion of Divine Right; but for reasons that I can't analyze, itdidn't strike me as forcefully; hence I'd say the report was onlyostensibly balanced.

COMMENT:  
1)  Bill Delaney puzzles me; he seems to have been spliced in fromthe Sports department -- which is itself a puzzlingly naivefeature of CNN Headline News --  and to do broadcasts from Israelwithout conveying the impression that he's ever set foot on theland.
The emotional impact of this feature struck me as anti-Jewish, butwithout re-viewing it I can't say more.
There was the usual filler, similar to what was on the BBC the daybefore, about how Israels security precautions have causedhardship to the simple folk of Hebron; and the usual sub-text thatIsrael ought to get out.  
It seems to me there's rather a synergy amongst the PLO, CNNHeadline News, and the BBC World Service.

We underestimate the extent to which we lucky few of the postindustrial world are now boob-tube couch_potatoe citizens of acollective virtual reality.