FC: Israeli army denies pornocasts aimed at Palestinian TV viewers

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Bradford R. Pilcher" <pilcher () mindspring com>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Fw: They Need A V-Chip: Palestinians reportedly hit with porn on TV
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 18:02:53 -0500

Dear Declan,

I contacted a friend in Israel who covers events there and taps into
primary material, and I thought I'd pass along the relevant statement
by the Israeli army.

Brad Pilcher
Atlanta, Georgia

----- Original Message -----
From: <imra () netvision net il>
To: "Bradford R. Pilcher" <pilcher () mindspring com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: They Need A V-Chip: Palestinians reportedly hit with porn
on TV


> IDF soldiers didn't broadcast pornography on Ramallah TV
>
> IDF Spokesperson 30 March 2002
>
> The IDF Spokesperson denies any publications regarding IDF soldiers
> broadcasting pornographic and racist films from the television
station they
> took over in Ramallah.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bradford R. Pilcher" <pilcher () mindspring com>
> To: <imra () netvision net il>
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:44 AM
> Subject: Fw: They Need A V-Chip: Palestinians reportedly hit with
porn on TV
>
>
> Dear Dr. Lerner,
>
> I've spoken with Declan McCullagh, the person who forwarded this
story
> to me and many others on his Politech listserv. I was wondering if
you
> could confirm this story, since you're actually on the ground there?
>
> Sincerely,
> Bradford R. Pilcher
> Georgia State University
> Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:21:44 +0200
From: "Marco d'Itri" <md () Linux IT>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Re: FC: They Need A V-Chip: Palestinians reportedly hit with porn 
on TV

On Apr 04, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> wrote:

 >http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4049446%5E13762,00.html
FYI, this has been denied by the IDF:
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=10964

--
ciao,
Marco

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Subject: RE: FC: They Need A V-Chip: Palestinians reportedly hit with porn 
on TV
Sender: "msaroff () charm net" <msaroff () charm net>
From: "msaroff () charm net" <msaroff () charm net>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:28:55 -0500
To: "declan () well com" <declan () well com>
Reply-To: msaroff () pobox com

> http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4049446%5E13762,00.html

> Porn upsets Palestinians
..
>  "I have six children at home, they have nowhere to go with what is
>  going on here and can't even watch TV," she said angrily.

   [...]

You know, considering what is going on, this should be the least of her 
problems.  Maybe her kids should read a book.  I've heard of one called 
"The Koran" that is supposed to be rather popular in that part of the world.

--
Matthew Saroff




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