How Israeli propaganda shaped U.S. media coverage of the flotilla attack

It was clear from the moment news of the flotilla attack emerged that Israel was taking extreme steps to suppress all evidence about what happened other than its own official version.  They detained all passengers on the ship and barred the media from speaking with them, thus, as The NYT put it, "refusing to permit journalists access to witnesses who might contradict Israel's version of events."  They detained the journalists who were on the ship for days and seized their film, video and...