WOW. Journalist Who Questioned Al-Dura Tape Found Guilty of Defamation In France
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L’Express, a major French weekly had the decision up at it’s website within two hours, able to cite verbatim from a document that in principle cannot be released until signed by the court. The following fisking represents reflections on both l’Express and on the judges... The image of a Palestinian child felled by bullets, diffused by the French station France2 in 2000, and become the symbol of the Palestinian Intifada, cannot be considered a montage or a staged scene, the correctional tribunal of Paris judged. Against the advice of the floor [i.e., the Procureur] who recommended dropping the charges, the judges condemned Philippe Karsenty, the animator of the websit Media Ratings (www.M-R.fr) for “public defamation” of Charles Enderlin and France2. Philippe Karsenty is also condemned to pay one symbolic Euro of damages to each of the plaintiffs, as well as 3000 Euros of court costs. He announced to the journalists that he intended to appeal the process and promised that he will present the “proofs” of his claims would be up at his website in the coming days.
We don't have much to add to this over when's in the link, which goes to a Rich Landes fisking of the content of the decision. Augean Stables also has a massive press roundup. All we will say is that Pamela is overreacting to call this Dreyfus II but probably more or less right to declare that it's another indication that "France is finished". See the Mona Lisa now kids, before it's burned for immodesty.
L’Express, a major French weekly had the decision up at it’s website within two hours, able to cite verbatim from a document that in principle cannot be released until signed by the court. The following fisking represents reflections on both l’Express and on the judges... The image of a Palestinian child felled by bullets, diffused by the French station France2 in 2000, and become the symbol of the Palestinian Intifada, cannot be considered a montage or a staged scene, the correctional tribunal of Paris judged. Against the advice of the floor [i.e., the Procureur] who recommended dropping the charges, the judges condemned Philippe Karsenty, the animator of the websit Media Ratings (www.M-R.fr) for “public defamation” of Charles Enderlin and France2. Philippe Karsenty is also condemned to pay one symbolic Euro of damages to each of the plaintiffs, as well as 3000 Euros of court costs. He announced to the journalists that he intended to appeal the process and promised that he will present the “proofs” of his claims would be up at his website in the coming days.
We don't have much to add to this over when's in the link, which goes to a Rich Landes fisking of the content of the decision. Augean Stables also has a massive press roundup. All we will say is that Pamela is overreacting to call this Dreyfus II but probably more or less right to declare that it's another indication that "France is finished". See the Mona Lisa now kids, before it's burned for immodesty.
