June 07, 2004

Don’t Show the Jew

According to Sports Illustrated (reg. Req.), the Arab satellite network al-Jazeera has added a sports division. The network covered the recent French Open, and while they were able to broadcast various scantily clad female players, “"But we don't do beach volleyball women," said the network's Ivan Blum. [Ivan Blum???]

Then there’s this:

There's one other line Al Jazeera Sports won't cross. With all the footage on "the other channel" of Israeli troops battling Palestinians, said producer Faris Zaki, to show Israeli players -- Harel Levy, Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi -- would be "painful. Everyone will be against us."

No, the Arab world can’t be allowed to know about Israeli athletes. Unless they’re being slaughtered, of course.

Posted by Stephen Silver at June 7, 2004 09:33 PM
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