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CNN: Israel Is Overreacting Because The Palestinians Are Too Incompetent To Murder Israelis Consistently

Consistent

Oh come on:

On CNN a few moments ago, Christiane Amanpour, in the midst of an otherwise completely warped report on the Gaza war, said that over the past year only two Israelis were killed by Hamas rocket fire. Her point in the segment was to insinuate that Israel is overreacting to Hamas attacks that have been largely harmless. In order to do that, she had to abstain from mentioning important facts and context, such as that Hamas' attacks in 2008 more than doubled -- to 3,278 -- from the 2007 number. And this figures in the six-month "lull" period, during which "only" around 100 rockets were fired. She also did not mention that the range and deadliness of Hamas' rockets increased as well, putting around 15 percent of the Israeli population under Hamas' missile umbrella.

Pollak goes on to note that Amanpour's casualty figures were off by 75%, an error statisticians often attribute to "being a fucking imbecile." Still better than the UN stooge who insisted that "it's obvious" that Hamas was interested in a truce because they only fired one rocket on December 26. That was a 96% error, or what statisticians call "making shit up as you go along."

References:
* Correcting Christiane Amanpour [Pollak / Contentions]
* UN Palestinian Stooge: "It's Obvious" That Israeli Attack Violated 48-Hour Truce That No One Knew About Until Now [MR]

Previously:
* CNN T-Shirts Provide Hours Of Entertainment, Uncomfortable Reminder Of Absurd Anti-Israel Bias
* Michael Oren: "CNN At Its Unprincipled Worst"
* CNN Making Strong Play For "Most Biased Media Outlet" During Operation Cast Lead

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