No, CiF’s “policies” won’t change until it starts to reality test the message it is giving out. That means telling the truth and offering supporting evidence for opinions rather than stating them as facts.

As I said, I doubt that it is capable of amendment.

“If CiF is scornful of this blog, then why does it delete any mention of CiFWatch from below the line ”

It doesnt delete all references.. but you are right …it is skittish about it. My point is ” do you want their policies to change or are you pharting about “?

pretzelberg. (sigh)…

Was that to do with the nonsense comment by THH?

Read my lips: If CiF is scornful of this blog, then why does it delete any mention of CiFWatch from below the line? If CiFWatch is beneath its notice then why does CiF not ignore it?

And why has it shown such disrespect to one of its authors who chose to write for CiFWatch as well? Again, if CiF treats CiFWatch with as much scorn,as you say, why should it be of interest to Matt Seaton who Prof Alderman writes for?

And do you think anyone here, even the Editors, gives a sh*t about whether CiF takes notice of this blog or not?

I think this blog exists to take notice of CiF and hold a mirror up to CiF’s lies

” you are hardly the epitome of reasoned argument ”

Maybe not.. but CIF will listen to me… whereas these hyperbolic and ridiculous allegations being thrown about will, quite rightly, be treated with scorn by CIF.

I have an agenda…CIF does not treat Brit violence as seriously as IDF violence and I believe they are vulnerable to attack. But the constant juvenile sneers can be safely ignored.

“Have you noticed that every time a thread is closed after 10 – 20 minutes always a post .. Israel = Apartheid = Barbaric murderers ??? ”

Prezelberg is dead right. This is unhelpful. I have been hoping that CIFwatch would try to up its game to have a proper go at the distorted CIF exaggeration of Israeli violence and the underplaying of Brit violence but it is dragged down by junior high school levels of debate.
school levels of debate.exaggerated

Actually it was me on February 5, 2010 at 5:02 pm that said that, not peter1, but no matter

Have you noticed that every time a thread is closed after 10 – 20 minutes there are always a post or 2 added to the thread and they are always some kind of Israel = Apartheid = Barbaric murderers ???

Erm … no.

Do you mean like this one …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/25/israel-visas-ngo-palestine?showallcomments=true#CommentKey:18e23844-b18d-43ff-90c3-4b9afa06c269

And there have been many others like it.

Who gave THH’s post the 5-star rating, I wonder? It reveals quite a distorted perspective.

[pretzelberg] “Well, it was definitely not intended as a justification. I hope that’s clear.”

Well said, pretzel! It is indeed clear and you said it.

I may be beginning to revise my opinion of you….