Flotilla 2.0

I agree with Eric, Paul, beverly and Kolokol: Peter Lavelle has all too often allowed Crosstalk to devolve into *Crossfire* (a CNN program that eventually failed because viewers finally got tired of all the shouting-overs) where, typically, the most conservative guest (this time the Israeli Zionist) shouts over everyone else -- a tactical form of attempted censorship -- or engages in rampant tactical lying, and tries to derail any meaningful dialogue (the Zionists try to do this every time on any discussion show, even shows better moderated). I have more often just stopped watching Crosstalk because, less and less is it intellectually informative, let alone less and less enjoyable, viewing. I've emailed Peter about this before, but apparently he likes the media sensationalism of a shouting match, rather than the more informative nature of a formal, better moderated discussion.

It happens in almost every Crosstalk episode when an Israeli is aboard, vacuous spinning, contradictory flameouts, and desperate attempts to derail dialogue.