Here's an exchange of letters between David Wilder, who has for some time acted as spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron, and Jonathan Klein, President of CNN, USA. It took place back in January and February, as CNN was looking for "settler" patsies for its Jewish "God's Warriors" slimecast. It's also posted here and here (with some extra commentary), among other places.
It's an interesting read, especially in light of how the show turned out. Unsurprisingly, misrepresentations (by CNN) abound. Like this one:
Our goal is not to find fault or fix blame -- but to simply understand. To that end, I believe that you are missing a prime opportunity to be heard, not only in the United States, but in 180 countries around the world, and I would ask you to reconsider.
Yeah. Prime opportunity to be vilified in 180 countries around the world. How could he pass that up?
Wilder was on to CNN's gambit as soon as he discovered Amanpour was involved. But, having already opened the door to the wolf (CNN) in sheep's clothing (Andy Segal), he was ultimately in the position of trying to do damage control. The odds were against him.
