Ilan Chevojinski a Paris-based reporter for the Brazilian weekly Resenha Judaica, reports that the Arabs are “paying in dollars” to obtain pro-Arab articles written by respected journalists whose columns appear in European mass-circulation newspapers and magazines, according to a report re-leased here by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith.
Another aspect of this “news for sale” trend also reported by the ADL, was provided by Jewish leaders in Milan and Rome. They told ADL that, important newspapers and radio-television stations are disseminating verbatim, in the guise of news, Arab propaganda material supplied by the well financed Arab information agencies of those cities.
Arab efforts to purchase favorable news and comment are also reported from Latin America, Chevojinski states that another journalist, who recently returned from a tour of Latin American capitals, witnessed negotiations between an Arab emissary and the owner of a major television-radio station. The deal, concluded in the main office of an Arab embassy, allegedly provides for the systematic broadcast of the Arab “truth” on a long-term basis.
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