Siding With Hamas?

" His most recent posting on a daily beast dot com terrorism expert Steve Emerson dissect what he says is a New York Times clearly sympathetic view. The Hamas when reporting on the Israeli Hamas conflict in Gaza Emerson says the times is trying to humanize the terror group. Emerson references a particular article back in October 2008. For New York Times reporter. Tag read L could door you Rhode taking advantage of the pause and violence. The Hamas leaders have turned to matchmaking. Bringing together single fighters and widows and providing dowry and wedding parties for the many here who cannot afford such trappings or. Of matrimony into the quote. Joining us now from investigative project dot org Steve Emerson. Yes Steve the end there -- times as an easy target. -- would you honestly say that in the United States there's a fair and balanced presentation media why -- giving both sides of the issue here."

" Well Alan the question is who's telling the truth is not a question of giving both sides you can give the side of all -- up. And then you've had the contrived even handedness that's not the issue the issue is telling the truth. Equating the arsonist for the firemen that's what the times is done. You can humanize anybody you can humanize Nazis and these stories about their families suffering from their parents agenda but the fact is we don't do that because we go -- we present who the actual victim isn't who the actual aggressor is in this case -- Hamas organization. Which the times conspicuously. And and and studiously avoids labeling. But terrorists let me read you -- reason why don't just the other day with a time so there's no justification for months of attacks are severely rejection ism. And he went on to say it's a highly unlikely. That there's a point of diminishing returns it to be easy to miscalculate. So if you look at the get a trauma climate editorial that -- on -- editorials. I'm talking about the actual reporting. Which which shouldn't injecting ideology. And in this case it has when you see what the times has been reporting the entire year I would back over the the entire stories printed publish from the Middle East Israel Gaza the west bank -- the last year and just citing tremendous -- the story I wrote in the daily beast. He's just one point one fraction of the stories that I actually monitored. Yeah betray an incredible and I look at the American media anyway look at media like heavily it is a very pro Israel. Point of view basically. Media wide in this country and you almost don't get the Palestinian side you don't get what the Palestinians are experience -- I don't know what papers you've been reading but if you watch CNN. I mean there's second ended. -- in New York Times and promoting the Hamas agenda I mean look they've recovered all the casualties that's a fair coverage but the reality is Hamas implants themselves within residential areas in order to incur Israeli strike takes that has to be pointed out."

" Steve in The Wall Street Journal today former Israeli prime minister may be the next prime minister Bibi Netanyahu. He writes a -- says imagine a siren gives you thirty seconds to find shelter. But rocket falls from the sky and explodes. -- lethal shrapnel in all directions. Now imagine this happens day after day month after month year after year -- get imagine now you understand that the terror that that people the Israelis have been subjected to but. The more quite important question here is."

" His -- I'm stunned that there -- more understanding. How many rockets need to be fired into Israel until the world understands there on that attack. If it any American city got 3000 rockets fired at their schools and their hospitals and their homes and the last year."

" There wouldn't be any question what did we -- we would attack why why is Israel held to a double standard. Well not only that Sean bit but. People criticize Israel for the disproportionate force they're showing is fact or about it in fact. There are allowed to go after their enemy in in in a legal in illegal mannerisms and number two what what is disproportionate Hamas tried to kill tens of thousands of Israelis by firing over 5000. Rockets. What country in the world is expected to live under those conditions well -- finally said enough. You know I I have we were all told that you know once. Gaza and the land was returned that peaceful and and so but all the cable as a launching pad. For us so that these rockets did you know literally fly deeper into Israeli territory here. And you know when you when you factor that they ten were honest funding of that big -- portion of my hamas'. Activities. That terrorist activities. It makes a situation even more complicated -- Israel have to take out you know good. All of the the Palestinian groups that and it all does that happen now go after the reactor is of their building in. In Tehran. Listen Israel faces some -- fronts that -- are trying to destroy it it's it's it's unprecedented in modern history. So in the first case to try to stop at least a million of their population from. From being the subject of Russian roulette. Every night when a rocket destroys a building or kindergarten as it did yesterday the honey nobody in their right mind would allow this and I I saw on CNN very sick REF. Pepper and Israeli officials saying well how many were killed but you don't ask that question you say how many rock -- fired in order to find understand the dilemma that is open faced with. Hey Steve. The answer is don't watch CNN. Thank I don't like what the enemy is saying -- was thank you."