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Journalistic, Not Judicial Expertise

August 16, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

Diana Mukalled on Sayyed Nasrallah’s presentation:

[It] included an unprecedented audio and visual presentation [..], relied primarily on journalistic expertise and capabilities rather than judicial or investigative [expertise]. Al-Manar satellite television reporters exerted a lot of effort to develop the photographs of the Israeli reconnaissance aircraft, and produce the segments [of the presentation] that showed the confessions of [Israeli] agents, with the Israeli flag being shown at the top of the screen. Following the Nasrallah conference, newspapers revealed that more than 150 young men and women affiliated to Hezbollah searched through archives and records for the specific material that was utilized during this press conference.

Precisely. The show was an exercise in P.R. not a legal process.