News Hounds: Fox News Giving Away Hezbollah Positions?
Fox News Giving Away Hezbollah Positions?
Reported by Judy - July 25, 2006 - 17 comments

Fox News Channel’s video reports from the Middle East may have been airing locations of Hezbollah rocket launchers, helping Israel target and bomb Hezbollah fighters. On “Dayside” on Tuesday (July 25, 2006), reporter Greg Palkot admitted Hezbollah had warned Fox News Channel to stop showing the launch of rockets.

“Dayside” co-host Mike Jerrick alluded to a “directive to the American media, including Fox News Channel. In fact, it started with Fox.” Rick Leventhal, reporting from Kiryat Shmona, Israel, said that Hezbollah had warned the media not to show outgoing Katyusha rocket fire, but referred Jerrick to Palkot for more information.

In Tyre, Lebanon, Palkot admitted, “We have been advised by the Hezbollah miltia here not to show the exact positions where those missiles, those rockets are launched from. Not just us, but other western media organizations, abiding by that. And concerned about the safety of the media here, we’re working within those guidelines. I think we can give you a pretty complete picture of the battlefield here on this side of the border,” he said.

As Palkot spoke, the Fox News chyron read “Hezbollah’s Request,” perhaps wanting to call attention to Hezbollah officials that it was acknowledging their request and agreeing to it. Gee, does that mean Fox News was negotiating with terrorists? Why can Fox News do that, but not the U.S. government?

So, there you have it. FOX is aiding Terrorists. nonstate actors who place the lives of civilinas at risk.