Has there been a shift in the media reporting on Israel?

[paulitics]

Is it just me, or has the media taken a decided shift in its reporting here. Leading up to the conflict, Israel was portrayed as defenders against barbaric aggressors, the terroristic Hammas.

Matter of fact, even as the bombing began, the media still sided with Israel despite 99% of casualties being Palestinians.

Now, these last few days, most reports are about Israel blowing up civilian targets, like the UN school, blowing up women and children, and reporter's homes, and generally being dirtbags.
They are finally reporting some basic facts about Israel's economic warfare prior to the conflict causing a slow genocide. They are also insinuating that Israel keeps breaking any cease fire agreements. I'm thinking Israel is starting to look really bad here.

What happened? I find this extremely intriguing because they could have easily distorted the truth, and not let any facts out about bombing civilian targets, etc.
Remember the war in Georgia, where Russia was portrayed as the aggressors? They kept the lid on that one pretty well. They told us up was down and black was white, and got away with it. I'm scratching my head as to why the media is fact finding now.

 

[Perry]

The media, the U.N & the EU have always sided for Hamas and the Palestinians. Anyone who doesn't see this is a blind man.
(This does not include fox news who is obviously always supported Israel beyond what is logical)

 

[jyakulis]

The media, the U.N & the EU have always sided for Hamas and the Palestinians.

 

[dannno]

When they start reporting about the occupation wake me up.. *yawn*

(This is just controlled opposition. It allows them to show either side in bad light based on perceived behavior rather than focusing on the history of the region, occupation and jacking of land.)

 

[Zolah]

What you just witnessed was a pro-Israel person saying that (X) isn't pro-Israel enough. It seems odd because anti-Israel people will say that the exact same thing (X) isn't anti-Israel enough too. So (X) is claimed to be both pro-Israeli and anti-Israel, not pro-Israeli enough and not anti-Israel enough at the same time.

This isn't a criticism, but it usually indicates that (X) isn't completely unbiased.

Personally, I take the complete opposite opinion on the media, the UN and EU as what Perry has just stated I think they have generally been blatantly pro-Israel, but not everyone can be like George Bush and refuse to criticise Israel after 600 people were killed.

 

[sevin]

I think there's some kind of plot to turn the people of America against each other over this issue. Right now, everyone is choosing sides. It's working already, just look at this forum.

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IMHO.

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

sevin...you are probably closer to the truth. tones

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

The marxists use Hegelian Dialectic all the time..(circular logic) Tones

 

[Perry]

What you just witnessed was a pro-Israel person saying that (X) isn't pro-Israel enough. It seems odd because anti-Israel people will say that the exact same thing (X) isn't anti-Israel enough too. So (X) is claimed to be both pro-Israeli and anti-Israel, not pro-Israeli enough and not anti-Israel enough at the same time.

This isn't a criticism, but it usually indicates that (X) isn't completely unbiased.

Personally, I take the complete opposite opinion on the media, the UN and EU as what Perry has just stated I think they have generally been blatantly pro-Israel, but not everyone can be like George Bush and refuse to criticise Israel after 600 people were killed.

Do you know that the U.N. has imposed sanctions against Israel something like 30 times and not against the Palestinians once?
How on earth does an educated man conclude from this that the U.N. IS pro-Israeli?
And how am I pro-Israeli? I am neutral. The majority of persons here screaming that they are neutral have the smell of blood on their lips. They may not admit it but hate is obvious and any blind man can see it.

 

[jkm1864]

Its all going to plan. The elite will stoke the fire of hatred toward the jews. The jews will flee to the promised land and then the AC will attack them. We all know the ending ..... Oh just my opinion btw.............

 

[Zolah]

Do you know that the U.N. has imposed sanctions against Israel something like 30 times and not against the Palestinians once?
How on earth does an educated man conclude from this that the U.N. IS pro-Israeli?
And how am I pro-Israeli? I am neutral. The majority of persons here screaming that they are neutral have the smell of blood on their lips. They may not admit it but hate is obvious and any blind man can see it.

I remember you having an Israeli flag as an avatar and posting in many Israel-related threads last year or whenever, I'm not complaining or anything Like I said in another thread I appreciate what you have to say. To the point though, which is the UN, I do believe they have imposed sanctions on Gaza, but off the top of my head I can't remember if it was the UN, but certainly the EU, USA and Israel has. I'd assume atm that the UN had too if the EU and USA did. Will try and check up on that though. But to the point, the dozens of UN resolutions that have been critical of Israel have not been enforced, implying some sort of complicity, and generally a failure of urgency to apply diplomatic force on Israel. But like I said, UN and media stations are often claimed to be both pro-Israel and anti-Israel at the same time by different people, that's just the way things are.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Israeli Paper:

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=17853


http://mongrelnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/israel-erroneously-bombs-dozens-of.html

Let's see what the REAL plan is on Jan 21st. Oh, my godness, the Pritzker funded new president... has brought peace to the middle east.

Amazing... Simple Amazing!

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Do you know that the U.N. has imposed sanctions against Israel something like 30 times and not against the Palestinians once?
How on earth does an educated man conclude from this that the U.N. IS pro-Israeli?

The sanctions against Israel are systematically not enforced (compared, say, to the sanctions against Iraq under Saddam). They are window-dressing or paper tigers for UN inaction on Israel's occupation and land-grabbing. Under international conventions an occupied people's violent actions against an occupier are justified as self-defense, so it would not make sense to place sanctions on the Palestinians until they have full autonomy.

 

[ShannonOBrien]

The media, the U.N & the EU have always sided for Hamas and the Palestinians. Anyone who doesn't see this is a blind man.
(This does not include fox news who is obviously always supported Israel beyond what is logical)

The League of Nations gave what we now call Israel to the Jewish people. The League of Nations became the U.N.

I don't really think there is a right or wrong in regards to the battle for the Israeli land. The Palestinians were the last empire to conquer the area. Very recently, in fact. The semitic tribes were the first civilization to really settle there and have been kicked out of their country and reclaimed it many times. Who is to say has a right to that land? You can't say that the original owners have a right to the land because if that were the case, if you went far back enough, Africans would own everything. You can't say that the conquerers own the land because then nothing would stop any country from invading the other.

 

[Sandra]

The League of Nations gave what we now call Israel to the Jewish people. The League of Nations became the U.N.

I don't really think there is a right or wrong in regards to the battle for the Israeli land. The Palestinians were the last empire to conquer the area. Very recently, in fact. The semitic tribes were the first civilization to really settle there and have been kicked out of their country and reclaimed it many times. Who is to say has a right to that land? You can't say that the original owners have a right to the land because if that were the case, if you went far back enough, Africans would own everything. You can't say that the conquerers own the land because then nothing would stop any country from invading the other.

The Palestinians are considered outsiders either because their religion was wrong, they had the wrong ethnicity ( non European) or the were just too dark dark skinned. When European Jews moved in they set their criteria for who could populate their Holy Land, Jewish or not.

 

[Knut Schreiber]

Israel has played tough with all the journalists. They made up all kinds of dubious reasons to prevent reporters from entering Gaza and showing what really is going on there. I guess they have turned those journalists against them. Good, I say!