A clip you probably won't see on MEMRI

It's no secret that the Middle East Media Research Institute - an organisation that's monopolised Western appetite for Arab media translation in recent years - is blatantly selective about the content it commissions.

Want clips of Farfur "teaching kids to hate and kill"? MEMRI's got you covered.

Want to revisit the now-infamous Wafa Sultan TV tirade, in which she declares: "There is no clash of civilisations, [just] a clash between civilisation and backwardness"??

I bet MEMRI makes royalties on that one. Indeed Sultan is a regular consultant for the group.

But last week when Al Jazeera Arabic aired a two-part interview with John Dugard, Special UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, MEMRI failed to step up to the plate. Perhaps the man made too much sense. Or perhaps they offered it to Glenn Beck, and he passed.

For those who missed it, here's the original interview in English, zero translation required.

No clash of civilisations here, just a wake-up call to the world. If only more of us were actually listening...