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| Hizbollah Conscripts US Media Against Israel |
| 2006-07-26 |
| I remember when Israel was correctly perceived as victim of Arab bullies. Many have been wondering how long it would take for the US mainstream media to begin their turn against Israel and the reigniting of their passionate flames in support of terrorists. I noticed that they began the inevitable turning of the tides in opposition to the Jewish nation protecting itself from what has been called ‘the premiere terrorist organization on the planet’, Monday night. During a brief channel-surfing session, I landed on ABC World News Tonight with Charley Gibson. I watched its war coverage for about ten minutes. Yes, I usually watch FNC for news. But, Fox was re-running a story I had already viewed. I entered the program, as it was displaying a map—a map of Israeli “hits”. The ABC map showed bright yellow-orange indicators of where Israeli rockets had landed in Lebanon. Missing, however, were the orange (or any other color) designations of where terrorist Hezbollah missiles had landed in Israel. From the ABC map, one would believe that Israel had experienced no Hezbollah-landed rockets whatsoever—despite the inescapable reality that is has sustained hundreds and, most likely, over 1,000 missile-hits. The map also suggested that Israel was carrying out some crazed conflict against the ‘innocent’ terrorists. This certainly seems like one of the first salvos of the MSM toward rewriting the current Israel-Lebanon war—even before it has begun to reach a resolution. Then ABC had two of its in-Beirut reporters commenting on the ‘destruction and carnage’ Israel was “wreaking on Lebanon”. Apparently not able to contain their bias, these reporters actually “interviewed” Lebanese children. Any mention of the carnage terrorist Hezbollah was inflicting on Israel was glaringly missing from their “journalistic” efforts. Does ABC even have any reporters located in Israel? One has to wonder. The “kicker” for me was when one of these reporters referred to Hezbollah—not even using the name of this terrorist organization—referred to it as “the resistance”. With this characterization of the terrorist organization that actually trained al-Qaeda, ABC has placed it in the category of “freedom fighters”. In fact, I only heard the word Hezbollah (which is said to mean “God’s Army”) twice, during the entire report. Any questions as to which side ABC is on? |
| Posted by:Griper Whegum8464 |
| #9 The media is broadcasting shots of missiles flying out of Tyre. The complete story would include whether launchings are from civilian areas. At least one BBC story on north Beirut proved Israel's position that only Hizbollah strongholds are being targeted. What do you say about a country that allows those loyal to a foreign country (Iran) to set up in their midst? Oops! Forgot about East LA. |
| Posted by: Griper Whegum8464 2006-07-26 20:44 |
| #8 The front page of today's Washington Post includes an article on the “Guernica-like scenes” in Tyre, Lebanon. We all know what this is code for; the Post is equating Israel with Fascism and Naziism. if no one else gets around to it tonight, I'll try posting it here. I have to go to synagogue first. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-07-26 18:18 |
| #7 The US media was already corrupt. They just needed a new evil icon after the communists fell. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-26 11:14 |
| #6 #5 You don't conscript volunteers. Posted by: Jese Gleresh1086 Excellent point, Jese! See link below on CNN's latest shilling for HeadsforAllan http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21763_CNN_Reporter_Admits_Being_Hizballah_Tool&only |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-26 10:42 |
| #5 You don't conscript volunteers. |
| Posted by: Jese Gleresh1086 2006-07-26 09:52 |
| #4 Good call on that link, Nimble. Even over such well-worn and familiar ground he gets almost every assertion and point dead backasswards wrong. That's actually hard to do, unless you're so twisted you actually believe such foolishness. Rubbish would be a step up. |
| Posted by: Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-26 09:32 |
| #3 David Ignatius is now negotiating for Hizballah through the Washington Post. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-26 09:04 |
| #2 Damn' typos...sorry folks. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-26 08:46 |
| #1 ABC, CBS ans NBC seem to always follow the same pattern. At first, give lip service to the Israeli point of view, so as to not be accused of being unfair or unbalanced. But inevitably, their anti-American anti-Isreal core philosophy steers tome back to the same tired old Isreal bashing. CNN, on the other hand, made absolutely no pretense of airness, and was virulently anti-Israel in it's coverage right from the start. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-26 08:45 |