"Wag the Dog"

Examples Of Media Bias In Favor Of Israel
By Thomas Keyes

Recently I posted an article on the statistics of pro-Israel media bias, which was obviously beyond the comprehension of some of UK’s know-nothings, one of whom challenged me to produce examples. This, of course, was unreasoning obstinacy probably born of the slavish devotion to television that is America’s real religion. Nonetheless, let me run my fool’s errand by citing examples, knowing in advance that this blind contributor will merely say he sees no bias in them.

Here is one of the endless stream of pro-Israel articles that emanate from National Review Online, edited by Jonah Goldberg. Apparently, Israel should be considered Lebanon’s benefactor:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2ZiMTE4ODM3MmRmZjY4YTE1ZThhYjQ1NDc0NTQyOGQ

Here is an article by Charles Krauthammer, himself Jewish, of the Washington Post, operated by Jews since 1930. This man is the most audacious and transparent liar imaginable. Here he denies the disproportionateness of Israel’s assault on Lebanon. What would he have said about Kristallnacht, the night in 1938 when Germans looted Jewish businesses and temples, killing 200, in response to the Jewish assassination of a single German official? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/27/AR2006072701725.html?sub=AR

Here’s one by David Limbaugh of World Net Daily, a slick Christian fundamentalist rag run by Joseph Farah, a New Jersey Christian and pro-Israel sycophant. Here Limbaugh, disingenuously denies a pro-Israel media bias, then goes on to justify it anyway, with a lot of sanctimonious claptrap, including references to divine promises: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27148

Here is an article by New York City’s Jewish ex-mayor, Edwin Koch, claiming to trace the present conflict back to the killing of two Israeli soldiers in 2006. Apparently, he’s forgotten about the establishment of Israel on Arab land in 1948. He didn’t mention the recent shooting of eight Palestinians on a beach in Gaza either: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0706/koch.php3

George Will, a Gentile pro-Israel journalist for the Washington Post, sings the same old refrain, praising George W. Bush for not criticizing Israel, and pretending that the war against Lebanon began when Lebanon started firing rockets without provocation. Go to the sixth paragraph: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701152.html

Here is a specimen of the shameless bigotry of Victor David Hanson, of National Review Online, who denounces acts of terrorism committed by Arabs, but overlooks the ones committed by Jews, like Menachem Begin’s hotel explosion, the Lavon affair, the attack on the USS Liberty and others. But Jonah Goldberg signs his paycheck. Hanson is a Californian who inherited a huge farm in San Joaquيn valley, hardly the man to understand the desperation of the displaced:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDBhMzg5Mzk4NjQ5MjM5OTJhZjRjMWQ4OWMzNDhmMzk

there are endless of other examples on the net...



The pro-Israel media lobby. Who are they?

"...On Capitol Hill, the pro-Israel political lobby is considered one of the Beltway's most powerful, steadfast support for Israel remains the norm..."

"...For reasons of religion, politics, history and genuine conviction, the debate of the Middle East in America is dominated by people who cannot imagine criticizing Israel... You know who they are: William Safire of the New York Times; George Will, Charles Krauthammer and Michael Kelly at the Washington Post; Lally Weymouth of Newsweek; Martin Peretz of the New Republic; Daniel Pipes and Andrea Peyser at the New York Post; Peggy Noonan and Robert Bartley at the Wall Street Journal; William Kristol of the Weekly Standard; Mortimer Zuckerman at U.S. News and World Report; Morton Kondracke, Fred Barnes, Brit Hume and Tony Snow at Fox News; and William Bennett, a paid CNN contributor, just to name a few."

A pro-Israel media "war room" in Washington

A group of American business and political leaders are building a pro-Israel media "war room" in Washington, D.C. The group will be called "Emet"-which in Hebrew means "truth."

Emet will try to address biased media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and also make the case that the conflict, while serious and important, pales in comparison to the larger geo-strategic threat posed to the United States and the West by Iran and Iraq, both of whom are trying to build and/or acquire weapons of mass destruction.

Funding Emet is Leonard Abramson; he sold U.S. Healthcare to Aetna in the mid-1990s for $8.9 billion. Abramson has recruited a powerful board of directors, including Bernie Marcus, founder of Home Depot; Les Wexner, founder of The Limited; Edgar Bronfman Sr., who once owned Seagram's; and Lou Ranieri, a major Wall Street player who now co-owns one of Israel's largest banks. Also joining the board are Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and Jack Kemp.

...Here's my take on this. Is the tail really in control? This critical issue is the cornerstone to the raging middle east. As long as the USA is the lone "superpower", the voters here must be informed, must be informed fairly, and must inform themselves. They must realize their votes do not only represent this nation, but are affecting the entire world. It should be their duty to read between the lines. They have to see the bigger picture. I don't ask they support fanaticism, and murder. I ask they investigate why these things occur. I ask they see both sides to a debate. I ask why is it that after decades of so called "peace talks" the conflict continues? This day and age, with the world being as small as it is, you cannot allow "ignorance to be your bliss"...