Yet another third-rate correspondent on National Radio this morning
Irris Makler jokes about “dead in the water” peace flotilla
“Nine to Noon”, National Radio, Monday 4 July 2011
Irris Makler jokes about “dead in the water” peace flotilla
“Nine to Noon”, National Radio, Monday 4 July 2011
Irris Makler, Lana Shaheen, Rory Carroll, Liat Collins, Dame Ann Leslie, and Jason Morrison are all shamelessly partisan, right-wing shills—yet they are regularly deferred to as regional voices of
authority on National Radio. This morning, we were subjected to a particularly egregious performance from the obnoxiously glib and light- hearted Irris Makler.
authority on National Radio. This morning, we were subjected to a particularly egregious performance from the obnoxiously glib and light- hearted Irris Makler.
Disgusted, I sent off a letter to the host Kathryn Ryan…
Dear Kathryn,
You said there was “great controversy over the peace flotilla” last year. In fact, there was no controversy over the flotilla, which sought to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. The controversy was over the Israeli pirate raid on the boats, in international waters, which killed nine peace activists.
Your correspondent Irris Makler joked that the convoy, stuck in Greece, was “dead in the water”, then sneered at the fact that there are “celebrities like Alice Walker” on board. She could have mentioned that one of the peace protestors on the flotilla is 86-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein. Tellingly, however, Irris Makler did not see fit to mention that.
What criteria do you use to select your foreign correspondents?Yours sincerely,
Morrissey BreenNorthcote Point
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Keep listening, guys—she might read it out on air!
