Comments on: Israel bias and Self-censorship http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353 To promote an informed public discussion on the US relationship to Israel Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-184 Chris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:40:09 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-184 Well said Martha Well said Martha

]]> By: Martha http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-183 Martha Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:32:54 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-183 As you have done, it's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. As you have done, it’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

]]> By: joe http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-182 joe Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:27:48 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-182 Americans are uninformed idiots. Americans are uninformed idiots.

]]> By: BT in Cambridge http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-180 BT in Cambridge Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:03:25 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-180 My epiphany occurred a couple of years ago. An Israeli settler driving back to his (illegal) settlement in the West Bank came upon two teenage boys who had set afire two tires in the road. The Israeli took out his AK47 killed one and shot the other in the back, paralyzing him for life. The Israeli courts gave him a 5 month SUSPENDED sentence. Not unlike Alabama in the 1870’s. No outrageous response in the US media–I read about it in a paragraph on page 4 of the Boston Globe. My epiphany occurred a couple of years ago. An Israeli settler driving back to his (illegal) settlement in the West Bank came upon two teenage boys who had set afire two tires in the road. The Israeli took out his AK47 killed one and shot the other in the back, paralyzing him for life. The Israeli courts gave him a 5 month SUSPENDED sentence. Not unlike Alabama in the 1870’s. No outrageous response in the US media–I read about it in a paragraph on page 4 of the Boston Globe.

]]> By: Joyce in Rome http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-179 Joyce in Rome Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:57:32 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-179 I often experience a Rashomon effect reading about an event reported in European and New York newspapers. The versions are totally different, as if they are describing separate incidents. I agree – the US media are like lapdogs to the Israel lobby. I often experience a Rashomon effect reading about an event reported in European and New York newspapers. The versions are totally different, as if they are describing separate incidents. I agree – the US media are like lapdogs to the Israel lobby.

]]> By: Carole http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-181 Carole Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:08 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-181 Point of interest: A few months after writing that linked <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/18/opinion/fenton/main630386.shtml" rel="nofollow">article</a> criticising media's biased coverage of Israel, Tom Fenton "ended" his 34-year career with CBS. Point of interest: A few months after writing that linked article criticising media’s biased coverage of Israel, Tom Fenton “ended” his 34-year career with CBS.

]]> By: Mark http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-177 Mark Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:38 +0000 http://USMediaAndIsrael.com/?p=353#comment-177 Good point. My eye-opening happened about five years ago when then press secretary (Ari Fleischer) was asked about an Israeli gunship attack in an apartment complex in Ramalah. Israel was trying to kill a Palestinian leader who wasn’t there at the time. Their Black Hawk gunship dropped out of the sky, fired two missiles killing and wounding 20 women and children. Fleischer’s single-sentence to this cited attack was “I guess that was a bit heavy-handed.” Nobody but nobody in the press called him on this flippant response to innocent deaths. Good point. My eye-opening happened about five years ago when then press secretary (Ari Fleischer) was asked about an Israeli gunship attack in an apartment complex in Ramalah. Israel was trying to kill a Palestinian leader who wasn’t there at the time. Their Black Hawk gunship dropped out of the sky, fired two missiles killing and wounding 20 women and children. Fleischer’s single-sentence to this cited attack was “I guess that was a bit heavy-handed.”

Nobody but nobody in the press called him on this flippant response to innocent deaths.

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