"The next day, Al-Arabiya recycled the story, but the Saudi news outlet cited Now Lebanon as the source. Interestingly, al-Arabiya lifted nearly word-for-word the Jewish Press’ own background paragraphs about Imad al-Zein’s warrants against Lebanese citizens charged with collaborating with Israel.
The British Independent then referenced the story in an article on the killing of two Palestinian senior fighters by Israeli air strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip. Here, the Independent cited “Arab media” as the source.
Al-Akhbar could not find any online presence for Yoni Alpert or his “Terror Watch.” The earliest reference to Hussein Fahs appears to be a blog post for a website called the Arab Digest on September 13. According to the Arab Digest’s "About Us" page, the site was created and run by a “Middle East reporter who saw in the Arab Spring an opportunity for better coverage of the region away from petrodollar sponsored news outlets.”
The report was immediately denied by both Israel and Hezbollah. And this is what makes stories like this irresistible to editors, and almost impossible to kill: they can never be disproven, and the risk to journalists and their bosses is fairly low as long as they are accurately quoting the other outlets from whom they picked up the story." (thanks Emily)
The British Independent then referenced the story in an article on the killing of two Palestinian senior fighters by Israeli air strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip. Here, the Independent cited “Arab media” as the source.
Al-Akhbar could not find any online presence for Yoni Alpert or his “Terror Watch.” The earliest reference to Hussein Fahs appears to be a blog post for a website called the Arab Digest on September 13. According to the Arab Digest’s "About Us" page, the site was created and run by a “Middle East reporter who saw in the Arab Spring an opportunity for better coverage of the region away from petrodollar sponsored news outlets.”
The report was immediately denied by both Israel and Hezbollah. And this is what makes stories like this irresistible to editors, and almost impossible to kill: they can never be disproven, and the risk to journalists and their bosses is fairly low as long as they are accurately quoting the other outlets from whom they picked up the story." (thanks Emily)