Pissed off reader

ok , i have my friend Marv , who read an article published in the International erald Tribune yesterday
here is the link: click to read

so he got too angry from the way they are showing the whole crisis so he sent the follwing to the editor:

FOR PUBLICATION
RE: IHT article "Troops pushing deeper in Lebanon" printed on Monday, July 24, 2006

I am deeply upset and dismayed with the article "Troops pushing deeper in Lebanon". The article failed to mention what is
arguably the most important figure in this conflict, 381, which is the Lebanese death toll in the first 12 days of fighting.
Further, your article relies primarly on statements from Israeli military officials and spokespersons without providing any perspective from the other side.

In the second paragraph of the article, you state that Israel's civilian death toll reached 17. You mention that at least 4 people were killed in Lebanon on Sunday,
yet at no point in the article do you mention that the Lebanese civilian death toll is well above 350, as reported by various news sources, the Lebanese Health Ministry,
the Red Cross, and several international organizations. This omission is even more irresponsible when your article quotes Shuki Shichrur,
an Israeli commander, stating that the civilian death toll in Lebanon is 'light'. By not giving the actual hard figures, you are depriving
your readers of making an informed judgement of the events taking place.

The article quotes heavily from Israeli officials, the Israeli Military, Shuki Shichrur (an Israeli Brigdier General),
and Amir Peretz (the Israeli Defense minister). From the Lebanese side, you only quote Lebanese foriegn minister Fawzi Sallouhk,
and even then only in his statements about the health of the captured Israeli soldiers. The article does not give any indication that IHT,
or the New York Times, attempted to verify the Israeli statements or contacted Lebanese officials for their views in order to provide balanced coverage.

Attacking places of worship, hospitals, and schools are banned by the Geneva conventions and is in fact a war crime.
It is of great importance that when Israeli officials openly state that they have targeted mosques, hospitals, and schools,
as your article states, that you point out that these are potential war crimes. By neglecting to mention or refer to this fact,
you fail to provide your readers the proper context in which to place the Israeli statements.

In the article, you quote Israeli officials claiming that these mosques, hospitals, and schools contain weapon caches.
I am greatly dismayed that we did not read in your paper any statements from the clerics at these mosques, the doctors at these hospitals,
or the administrators at these scools concering these allegations. It would seem the IHT or the NYT took the Israeli statements at face value without any journalistic skepticism.

As a regular reader of, and subscriber to, your paper, I am troubled that this article did not live up to your reputation for journalistic integrity and unbiased reporting.
I hope in the future to see these faults corrected in order to have a better informed and statisfied readership, or any readership at all.

Sincerly,
Marwan Taher