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MEDIA BIAS
TO:  BAR-ILAN, EYE ON MEDIA, JLEM POST; CC: BEDEIN ISRAEL RESOURCE
FROM:  Steve Amdur, Haon, 15170; 06-757572; FAX: 06-757511
REF:   BBC 11/20/94 Newshour 05:15+  Interview with Edw. Said
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Bias here is only in the interview, not in the interviewer.
The interview includes various distortions of perspective, andsome of fact.
Said suggests, eg, that Israel economically drained Gaza.

Said is a very presentable and articulate speaker, very criticalof Arafat, apparently from an independent secular-nationalist perspective.  

Said's Gaza will live eternally in Never-never-Land, with Plato'sRepublic and the great imaginary Peoples' Republics of yesteryear.


It's not clear how much lst-hand knowlege Said has of theterritories; nor even that he is familiar with basic Israelimaterial on same.  

No doubt, as a balance and rational academician, he could benefitfrom a gift subscription to the Post, unless of course such agesture proved counterproductive.