03 March 2013

How does a mountain aggrandize itself? And Flat Fatima Again?



This is a good way, but that specific mountain has other ways too. Of course, Haaretz and Guardian jumped on the story as proverbial flies on fresh excrement. Shows that the power of wishful thinking and cheap scoop gathering will always trump journalistic integrity.

And on the local front: just a few weeks ago I have noticed the surge of Flat Fatima appearances abroad, and here we have our own version:



And with an interesting message too:
ulture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) on Thursday exhorted Israeli filmmakers whose productions are critical of the state to exercise self-censorship, explaining that she is opposed to official quashing of free expression.
Could we take the censorship and self-censure, roll them up together and place them somewhere safe? And dark?

P.S. Apologies for the missing letter in the word ".ulture". It was an unintentional typo to start with, but then I have ecided to eave it as it i...

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