Et tu, NPR?

The cover-up of the massacre in Jenin by the Israeli government is alarming, but I find the cover-up in the American press even more disturbing. National Public Radio is considered to be an independent and respected news source. Most Americans trust NPR, but NPR's 'coverage' of the Jenin massacre has left me speechless. Fortunately I can still type.

Morning Edition is one of NPR's standard news programs and is the bread and butter source of information for millions of liberal and educated Americans. On May 2, 2002, Blake Edwards, the host, interviewed Michele Keleman in the UN regarding Kofi Annan's decision to abandon the UN mission to Jenin. Edwards asked Keleman, "What happened last night during the Security Council debate?" and Keleman responded "...Arab nations put forward this resolution that would have forced Israel to accept the UN mission, the UN team to investigate Jenin.

Eventually they found that they did not have enough support and they withdrew that - the Americans, for instance, were opposing this resolution, and the United States put forward its own resolution just simply to express regret at Israel's decision..."